Re: VM-Writers: Order of class initialization

[Archie Cobbs]

Peter Werno wrote:
> To make my life a little easier, I have classes initialized immediately
> after they have been loaded.

This is contrary to the JVM spec, which specifies exactly when
class initialization must happen (can't remember which section).
Probably this is causing the problems you're seeing.

In short, you must initialize a class at its first "active use",
defined as referencing a static field, invoking a static method,
or instantiating an instance.

-Archie

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