Re: Question about debugging .class file

George George via JavaKB.com wrote: 

Suppose we want to debug a .class file, we will compile it into debug status
(so that we can use F6, F7 and F8 in Java IDE to debug .class file). Do you
mean the .class file (which we use to debug as mentioned above) is different
from (larger than) the file which we are going to release?

A class file with debugging information will be larger than one without. But you can distribute class files with debugging information.

What do you mean "light compilation from source to byte code"?

Java byte code is not like machine code. It's quite high level. The main difference between .java and .class files is that the latter is a binary format. It doesn't go in for heavy optimisation or lossy transformations like C++ compilers do.

Tom Hawtin
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