Re: Question about debugging .class file

Thanks Thomas,



Thomas Hawtin 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

Your reply is very helpful.


regards,
George


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