Ashley Yakeley wrote:
Sittampalam, Ganesh wrote:
Oh dear. To fix this, I suppose the RTS would have to be able to keep track of all static initialisers. But it shouldn't otherwise affect program optimisation.
What would the RTS actually do?
I don't know enough about the RTS to say. I imagine initialisers would
have to be marked in object files, so the RTS could link them separately when dynamically loading. The RTS would also keep a list of initialisers in the main program.
Sounds plausible, although dynamic relocations do slow down linking. Unloading is another interesting problem. Are we allowed to re-run <- if the module that contained it is unloaded and then reloaded? I'm not quite sure what the conditions for allowing a module to be unloaded in general should be, though. Ganesh ============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ==============================================================================