Re: [Gzz] Third, PEG cursors--humppake: Changing mouse cursor

[Benja Fallenstein]

Tuomas Lukka wrote:
> On Sat, May 10, 2003 at 12:51:05PM +0200, Benja Fallenstein wrote:
>
> > Tuomas Lukka wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 08:28:30PM +0300, Asko Soukka wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > Fri, 9 May 2003, Matti Katila kirjoitti:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > On Fri, 9 May 2003, Asko Soukka wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > AFAIK, comparing strings isn't cheap either.
> > > > >
> > > > > Heh, look at callgl code. We do that all the time and you shouldn't
> > > > > care that much about it :) Still strings are much nicer than 
> > > > > constants, imho.
> > > >
> > > > Ok, but I still see a difference.
> > > >
> > > > With CalGL it's clear, which strings are valid, since GL is somehow 
> > > > standardized. With mouse cursors we should select between AWT and 
> > > > Xlib or create our own mouse cursor set. With awt.Cursor it's clear 
> > > > even to possible new developers, what cursors are available.
> > > >
> > > > Please, convince me that cursors in java.awt.Cursor (with custom 
> > > > cursor) are not enough.
> > >
> > >
> > > It's not that they're not enough, it's that I fear it will cause AWT 
> > > to be
> > > initialized, which would be a really bad thing for us.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure whether it does; if someone can convince me it doesn't,
> > > no problem.
> >
> > There is no reason for it to-- it's simply a wrapper around and int 
> > constant. Kaffe implements it that way, too.
>
>
> What about jdk 1.4?
>
> Do any other classes get loaded which might do a global awt init?

How should I know?

Do Rectangle, Dimension and Point load any other classes which might do 
a global awt init? How do you know?

-b