+1.
I didnt quite understand as to why is it an undocumented compiler
feature? The standard javac compiler does have a "target" option , which
is probably what eclipse would be using to generate the class files for
1.4 target vm.
Tim Ellison wrote:
As discussed on the list, there is a compiler option in the 5.0
compilers we use that allows source code containing a subset of Java 5.0
language features to be compiled into 1.4 compatible class files.
Since this is quite a significant change I'd like to get a vote on
whether the project should make this compiler option a necessity for our
code.
The positive outcome of this is that we can develop APIs that rely on
those 5.0 language features, and run the resulting code on existing
1.4-compatible VMs.
The downside is that we are using an undocumented compiler feature on
the reference implementation (it is supported on the Eclipse compiler).
[ ] +1 - Yes, change the build scripts to compile 5.0 code to 1.4 target
[ ] 0 - I don't care
[ ] -1 - No, don't change the compiler options (please state why)
Regards,
Tim
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Karan Singh
