On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 23:49, Ulf Zibis <ulf.zi...@gmx.de> wrote: > Am 30.06.2010 19:50, schrieb Martin Buchholz: >> >> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 01:22, Ulf Zibis<ulf.zi...@gmx.de> wrote: >> >>> >>> Am 29.06.2010 02:29, schrieb Martin Buchholz: >>> >> >> >>>> >>>> I tried to do that, but Character.java is one of those classes >>>> that needs to be compilable by the bootstrap JDK, >>>> so this change ist leider nicht moeglich. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> I think, there should be a note about this in the sources of those >>> classes. >>> >> >> Such a note is likely to become obsolete soon. >> > > How do you mean that? Will the build procedure change soon. Then it would be > anyway appropriate to update to new "style".
In jdk8, the bootstrap jdk will be at least jdk7. >> >>> >>> Maybe it's possible to have 2 versions, one for the bootstrap + another >>> for >>> the final compilation. >>> >> >> It's not a crime to implement language FOO(N) in language FOO(N-1). >> > > > ... but a bad example for programmers, especially beginners, in case they > look through the sources to catch some ideas. True, but as you can see, modernizing a code base is a process that tends not to get done unless someone like you makes it a personal project.
