Reified Lambda Functions

[Rémi Forax]

Le 07/01/2010 14:15, Howard Lovatt a écrit :
> Hi Maurizio,
>    
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> Yes it would increase the static footprint, that is a trade of (performance
> and integration against footprint). The footprint is minimized by reusing
> lambda classes that have the same type. John Rose has also
> proposed Anonymous Classes to address this problem.
>    

No, anonymous classes are classes that aren't stored in a classloader cache.
So they can be unloaded if no instance of an anonymous class exist without
having to null out a classloader.

Rémi