On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, Jesse Glick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Stefan Bodewig wrote:
>> Java 5 adds a completely new sort of problems with APIs retrofitted
>> to support generics. Since Comparable is now Comparable<T> the
>> BigInteger class used to have a method int compareTo(Object) and
>> now has a int compareTo(BigInteger) and no Object signature
>> alternative.
>
> Not true. Check javap; both signatures exist in the bytecode.
OK, so that means that JDK 1.4 compiled code should work in Java 5,
but not the other way around.
Thanks
Stefan
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