You speak of "compilation unit" as if it means the scope of work
performed by javac and Maven. ("compiles each module separately as its
own compilation unit") That's not the meaning. The meaning is as given
in https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se13/html/jls-7.html#jls-7.3
On 10/2/2019 1:43 PM, Peter Levart wrote:
Is compilation unit really the right choice to base inference on?
For example, a program may be composed of several modules compiled all
at once in a single compilation unit (javac supports that). This same
program may be compiled with a build system such as Maven, which
compiles each module separately as its own compilation unit. Would we
really want the semantics of a program (or successful compilation
thereoff) depend on the choice of the build tool?
What about using (module, compilation unit) as the base to perform
inference within? I understand that compiler may only infer things
within a compilation unit and module is usually compiled as a whole in
one compilation unit (possibly together with other modules).
Regards, Peter
