> Talking of semantics, do you think the one I enumerated would work? > I'll certainly try to implement this concept, but I have many other > projects on the table right now, so it might take a while before I > start working on it.
Yes, it looks good. The key thing is that all users/developers agree on this. IMHO this is much harder than defining/choosing a good version scheme ;-) >> However, the problem in Java is dealing with versions at runtime, not >> at build time! > > It's sure would be a nice addition, but dealing with versioning at > build time would at least give library users some assurance. IMHO, no. This is the whole problem. Library users will mostly care about the runtime. It doesn't help at all if your code compiles, maybe in isolated pieces, but everything blows up at runtime. For example, I never had problems compiling against the correct Log4j version. Maven will set up the classpath for each "compiliation unit" (here Maven module) individually. But I stopped counting how often the runtime screw up because several libraries were using log4j, all expecting different version, and the whole classpath was a total mess of different jar files, redundancy and shadowed classes. Solving this problem at runtime implies a solution for build time but not the other way around. > My knowledge of Java's classloader is pretty limited, I'll look at > OSGi and Clojure's classloader to see what I can do, but don't expect > miracles ;-) I am looking at this constantly :-) I am working on an intergration layer (http://wiki.github.com/romanroe/ogee) but I haven't had much time in the last weeks. Ogee also has a small context-oriented programming module and I am focusing on this anyway currently. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
