Re: java.util.zip

[John Leuner]

> > Yeah! This is great!
> > I would love to have this as the default implementation in Classpath.
> > Would there be any reason to not make the pure java version the default?
> > (Most JVMs will probably link to zlib already but some might not.)
> 
> Only problem is that most jvms would like to read core lib from
> zipped/jarred archive... and to do this need zlib on native side. So it
> is basic bootstrapping problem - you need zip implementation to read zip
> implementation :)

Yeah, but that's the VM's problem. It wouldn't use java.util.zip anyway (native 
or non-native).
 
> Of course one can possiblty store some basic classes in normal
> filesystem, with rest in zip. But it is quite tricky to get everything
> right.

Again it's up to the VM implementor.

John Leuner
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