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 >> >> If it works, why don't we keep it? > > 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. > >>> IIRC the java6 version is not really finished. >> >> Also, it needs Java 1.6+. > > Indeed > > >> Though maybe we can build with 1.6, but still targetting 1.5 (so we >> get the 1.6 API). >> >> Hopefully that would allow everything to work on Java 1.6+; and all >> but jsr199 should run on 1.5. > > True. But the old javac will not run on 1.6+ > > >> The alternative would be to use reflection, but that's quite tedious to do. > > Yuck :) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
