On 20 August 2013 22:52, Torsten Curdt <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> There was the java5 "hack" and the java6 version.
>>> IMO the java5 one should be dropped (if we haven't done so yet) but
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>> If it works, why don't we keep it?
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> Well, it uses private API and does not work beyond java5

Ah, OK. It seems to compile on 1.6+, but the tests fail.

Since we also have Janino (and hopefully Eclipse when the package
detection bug is fixed) I agree we should not include it in the
release.
There's probably no point in keeping the code around either. I'll
raise a JIRA to formalise its demise.

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>>> IIRC the java6 version is not really finished.
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>> Also, it needs Java 1.6+.
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> Indeed
>
>
>> Though maybe we can build with 1.6, but still targetting 1.5 (so we
>> get the 1.6 API).
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>> Hopefully that would allow everything to work on Java 1.6+; and all
>> but jsr199 should run on 1.5.
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> True. But the old javac will not run on 1.6+
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>
>> The alternative would be to use reflection, but that's quite tedious to do.
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> Yuck :)
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