Hope to have full support on Java 8 about dcevm HOT 11 CLOSED

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Which feature do you guys would like to see most in the light version?

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hotswap after changing signature of methods..

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This should be supported by light already. The only major feature light is missing is change of superclasses / removal of implemented interfaces. Everything else should work the same way as in full version.

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Am I right that addition of implemented interfaces is already supported for java8?
Is removal of interfaces planned to be supported for java8 dcevm light or full versions?

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Yes, addition of implemented interfaces is already supported.

Removal of interfaces is kind of tricky as you can bring JVM into inconsistent state. Like if you have variable on a stack frame of static type "A" referencing class "B" which implements "A", and then you make "B" not implement "A". Now you have static variable of type "A" referencing instance of "B" which actually does not implement "A". The hard part is to detect these cases, "full" version DCEVM uses verifier for that, but it seems like it is not super reliable and it adds some extra complexity.

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I see. Removal is not frequent case. Thank you supporting this project.

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This issue should be closed. It can be missleading, since java8 is supported by dcevm-light. dcevm-full is only for java7 and according my experiences it is usefull in very,very special cases (change of class parent is rarity), irrespective it is difficult to maintain both versions.

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duplicate of #50

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