small improvements

src/class.rs

@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ pub struct Class {
     pub access_flags: u16,
     pub name: String,
     pub super_class_name: Option<String>,
-    pub super_class: Option<Rc<Class>>,
+    pub super_class: Option<Arc<Class>>,
     pub interface_indices: Vec<u16>,
     pub interfaces: Vec<Class>,
     pub fields: HashMap<String, Field>,
     pub methods: HashMap<String, Method>,
     pub attributes: HashMap<String, AttributeType>,
-    pub(crate) field_mapping: Option<HashMap<String, HashMap<String, (String, usize)>>>, // first key: this/super/supersuper-name(etc), second key: fieldname, value (type, index). See below
+    pub(crate) field_mapping: Option<HashMap<String, HashMap<String, (String, usize)>>>, // first key: this/super/supersuper-name(etc), second key: fieldname, value (type, index)
 }
 
 impl Class {

src/heap.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 use std::cell::UnsafeCell;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt;
-use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use crate::class::{Class, Value};
@@ -11,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::classloader::CpEntry;
 pub struct Object {
     // locked: bool,
     // hashcode: i32,
-    pub class: Rc<Class>,
+    pub class: Arc<Class>,
     pub data: Vec<Arc<UnsafeCell<Value>>>,
 }//arrays
 
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ unsafe impl Sync for Object {}
 
 // object, not array
 impl Object {
-    pub fn new(class: Rc<Class>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(class: Arc<Class>) -> Self {
         let instance_data = Object::init_fields(&class);
         Self { class, data:  instance_data}
     }

src/vm.rs

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl StackFrame {
 }
 
 //trying to be ready for multithreaded as much as possible, using Arc's and all, but it will still require (a lot of) extra work
-static mut CLASSDEFS: Lazy<HashMap<String, Rc<Class>>> = Lazy::new(|| HashMap::new()); //TODO add mutex...and Arc most likely
+static mut CLASSDEFS: Lazy<HashMap<String, Arc<Class>>> = Lazy::new(|| HashMap::new()); //TODO add mutex..
 
 pub struct Vm {
     classpath: Vec<String>,
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ const PATH_SEPARATOR: char = ':';
 #[cfg(target_family = "windows")]
 const PATH_SEPARATOR: char = ';';
 
-// The singlethreaded VM (maybe a future Thread)
+/// The singlethreaded VM (maybe a future Thread)
+//TODO goto
+//TODO error handling
 impl Vm {
     fn local_stack(&mut self) -> &mut StackFrame {
         let i = self.stack.len() - 1;
@@ -71,10 +73,10 @@ impl Vm {
         }
     }
 
-    // parse the binary data into a Class struct
+    // gets the Class from cache, or reads it from classpath,
-    // gets the file from cache, or reads it from classpath
+    // then parses the binary data into a Class struct
     // Vm keeps ownership of the class and hands out Arc references to it
-    pub fn get_class(&self, class_name: &str) -> Result<Rc<Class>, Error> {
+    pub fn get_class(&self, class_name: &str) -> Result<Arc<Class>, Error> {
         println!("get_class {}", class_name);
         unsafe {
             let entry = CLASSDEFS.entry(class_name.into());
@@ -92,13 +94,13 @@ impl Vm {
                 }
                 class.initialize();
 
-                Rc::new(class)
+                Arc::new(class)
             });
             Ok(entry.clone())
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn new_instance(class: Rc<Class>) -> Object {
+    pub fn new_instance(class: Arc<Class>) -> Object {
         let mut class = class;
         let mut instance = Object::new(class.clone());
         instance
@@ -273,7 +275,7 @@ impl Vm {
                     }
                     GETSTATIC => {
                         let cp_index = read_u16(&code.opcodes, pc);
-                        let (class_index, _field_name_and_type_index) = class.get_field_ref(&cp_index).unwrap();
+                        let (class_index, _field_name_and_type_index) = class.get_field_ref(&cp_index).unwrap(); // all these unwraps are safe as long as the class is valid
                         let class_name_index = class.get_class_ref(class_index).unwrap();
                         let class_name = class.get_utf8(class_name_index).unwrap();
                         let class = self.get_class(class_name.as_str())?;