[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >The code runs fine under jdk 1.1, but requires java 2 to compile. It was > decided that > >this was OK. > > If this is really the community consensus, I can live with it, but I don't > remember seeing warning/discussion of that decision in the xerces-j-dev or > xalan-j-dev groups. If it did appear, please feel free to point me to > archives; if it didn't we should probably pause to check with the users > before adopting it.
In my original message I did not mean to imply that it was decided by discussions on apache lists. It's a long story that I'd prefer to omit. > > >How important is being able to compile on JDK 1.1.x to you? > > There are still folks developing/debugging under tools which are locked > into 1.1. Not being able to compile under 1.1 would also be a nuisance when > attempting to diagnose and fix problems related to running under 1.1, such > as the collections-classes calls. Both can probably be overcome with > sufficent context-switching, but I'm somewhat reluctant to go that route > unless there's a strong reason to do so -- a major performance gain or some > such clear benefit. Since the bootstrapping process is (obviously) not > inner-loop code, I don't see this specific change as offering enough > benefit to justify the cost. > > One man's opinion. Your milage may vary. OK, as I said earlier, the original version of the code used reflection so I can always go back to that code, then it will compile on both 1.1 and Java 2. -Edwin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
