Hi Mark,
I am probably missing something. The java tool docs for 1.5 mentions
that javac -target is a standard option in compilers, so it is a
documented compiler feature. What would be risk involved in using this
feature which is already documented as a "Standard Option" in the tool
docs of jdk1.5 ?
Is there any other document other than "tool docs" which comes with
jdk1.5 docs where the standard options of the compiler are mentioned?
Mark Hindess wrote:
+1
This opens up so many new opportunities for contribution that I think
it's worth the risk of relying on an undocumented compiler feature ...
and since the Eclipse compiler supports it then the risk is mitigated
to a large extent anyway.
Regards,
Mark.
On 3/17/06, Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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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IBM Java technology centre, UK.
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IBM Java Technology Centre, UK.
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