RFR: 8311661: Resolve duplicate symbol of StringTable::StringTable with JDK static linking [v2]

[Thomas Stuefe]

On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 01:26:08 GMT, Jiangli Zhou <jiangli at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Moving to the namespace incrementally seems to be reasonable to me. Will let others to chime in on this for their thoughts.

I also like the incremental namespace solution.

@iklam wrote:
> 
> The [hotspot-dev mailing list](https://mail.openjdk.org/mailman/listinfo/hotspot-dev) would be the best place to have such discussions. Also, at this time, many OpenJDK developers who are interested on this topic are on vacation, so we probably need to wait till the end of the summer so everyone has a chance to chime in.
> 
> JEP may feel like a lot of process, but for this change, I think it's the best avenue for exploration.
> 

I agree with @iklam that we should discuss this on hotspot-dev. It will affect the whole JDK and constitute a change that is visible from outside, so we should get this right. 

I also think that making the hotspot linkable in a static way could be very useful.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14808#issuecomment-1634720487