SquirrelJME/SquirrelJME

# 2015/04/19

***DISCLAIMER***: _These notes are from the defunct k8 project which_
_precedes SquirrelJME. The notes for SquirrelJME start on 2016/02/26!_
_The k8 project was effectively a Java SE 8 operating system and as such_
_all of the notes are in the context of that scope. That project is no_
_longer my goal as SquirrelJME is the spiritual successor to it._

## 00:22

I can probably use MethodHandles for the constant pool reader rather than
enumerations. Although as a result of the metadata, the class format is going
to be a bit more relaxed. Generally though it might not cause any issues, as
for malicious class files if the class file is incorrect it would fail to load
anyway.

## 18:09

I could probably also split apart squirrel quarrel so it also benefits from
the compilation stuff too. Then I could have just the engine and then have an
interface to the engine. Then the run-time tests could use the game without
requiring any AWT or Swing stuff. Then perhaps in the future it could be
ported to JavaFX and such. When it comes to the GUI of k8, I am kind of
thinking of putting AWT and Swing on top of JavaFX so all three look and act
the same for the most part.

## 19:52

BitSet's stream() method is quite handy as before I had a specific method for
flag mapping, but I can just use that simply without issues.

## 22:00

Just for the bootstrap table, I am going to pre-read members and then skip to
the end to reach attributes for the class itself. This way I can construct the
members so that their constant pool information has the correct specifications
and no magical reference supplier stuff would be needed. Note that only
methods require the constant pool stuff to be set as nothing in the fields
needs it at all.