Simple covariant return type

2009-06-24 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Hi there, I must be doing something wrong, but I do not see what is wrong with the following piece of code (*). Is there a restriction when using ecj as the java compiler ? This seems to be the default when upload a package with Build-Depends: default-jdk-builddep (*) $ /usr/bin/javac Image.jav

Re: Simple covariant return type

2009-06-25 Thread Marcus Better
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > I must be doing something wrong, but I do not see what is wrong with > the following piece of code (*). Is there a restriction when using ecj > as the java compiler ? The manpage for ecj indicates that it is building with

Re: Simple covariant return type

2009-06-25 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Marcus Better wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >>   I must be doing something wrong, but I do not see what is wrong with >> the following piece of code (*). Is there a restriction when using ecj >> as the java co

Re: Simple covariant return type

2009-06-25 Thread Marcus Better
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > So my question: is it ok for package maintainer to use javac -source > 1.5 to compile code or will there be some portability glitch (user is > alowed to set other java compiler). It's certainly OK, even necessary in this cas

Re: Simple covariant return type

2009-06-25 Thread Onkar Shinde
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Marcus Better wrote: > Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >> So my question: is it ok for package maintainer to use javac -source >> 1.5 to compile code or will there be some portability glitch (user is >> alowed to set other java compiler). > > It's certainly OK, even necess

Re: Simple covariant return type

2009-06-25 Thread Marcus Better
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Onkar Shinde wrote: >>> So my question: is it ok for package maintainer to use javac -source >>> 1.5 to compile code >> It's certainly OK, even necessary in this case. > Please make sure that the package dependencies reflect that the > package is bui

Re: Simple covariant return type

2009-06-25 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Onkar Shinde wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Marcus Better wrote: >> Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >>> So my question: is it ok for package maintainer to use javac -source >>> 1.5 to compile code or will there be some portability glitch (user is >>> alowed to