http://dev.clojure.org/jira This file is an XML representation of an issue en-us 4.4 649 25-07-2011 http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-673 Clojure <p>RT.baseLoader assumes Compiler.getClass.getClassLoader will return a sane value. If Clojure is placed on the bootclasspath, it will return null.</p> <p>Relying on baseLoader less may be possible; it looks like the ClassLoader/getSystemResource static method may get us the access we need to the bootstrap classloader, which would solve the problem I first noticed with using RT.load with the bootstrap classloader. However, there may be other issues beyond this.</p> <p>More details at <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/browse_thread/thread/16c694573bd29552">http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/browse_thread/thread/16c694573bd29552</a></p> <p>I plan on investigating this further, but I've created this ticket to explain what I've discovered so far for posterity, etc.</p> <p>Note that placing Clojure on the bootclasspath cuts its startup time in half; it's a measure that Charles Nutter of the JRuby project recommends.</p> CLJ-673

RT.load doesn't work when called by code that is on the bootstrap classpath

Defect Minor Closed Completed Unassigned Phil Hagelberg Mon, 8 Nov 2010 15:48:59 -0600 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:00:02 -0500 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:00:01 -0500 Release 1.3 1 4 <p>'lo as if from nowhere a patch!</p> <p>Patch looks reasonable, but I am waiting for a response from Phil to see if this resolves his issue.</p> <p>I just tested it again with the latest Clojure from git and it works fine. Here's an easy test that breaks without the fix: java -Xbootclasspath/a:clojure-1.3.0-master-SNAPSHOT.jar clojure.main -e "(require 'clojure.pprint)"</p> Approval Screened Global Rank Patch Code