[3753] in java-interest
Re: Fundamental flaw in Java library distribution scheme
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aleph One)
Sat Nov 25 16:53:31 1995
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 14:14:41 -0600 (CST)
From: Aleph One <aleph1@dfw.net>
To: Per Danvind <perry@cdt.luth.se>
Cc: david@longview.com, Jim.Graham@Eng.Sun.COM, java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM,
flar@bendenweyr.Eng.Sun.COM, wnj@sw.central.Sun.COM
In-Reply-To: <199511250924.KAA20317@bill.cdt.luth.se>
On Sat, 25 Nov 1995, Per Danvind wrote:
> Excuse me for disturbing your discussion, but here goes...
[good discussion cut]
> This is not wrong. Class L can't know that there now is a new
> method in class C. Think about it. If you add a method to a class
> C, wouldn't it be strange if classes using that class, suddenly
> started calling this new method, without even being recompiled!?
Nope. Remember that linking is done at run time. When you run class L
without recompiling it will load class C (the new class C). See that
there is a method that matches the calling method signature and use that
thus overloading equal.
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