William, You are replying to a mail sent about 5 months ago !!
This has now been implemented. Get the latest nightly build or the latest code from CVS. http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/ant/nightly/ Conor > -----Original Message----- > From: William Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 6 July 2000 10:18 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Problem building ant with JDK1.3 modern > > > Since the distinction between the classic and modern switches for the > Javac task hasn't/can't be implemented, wouldn't it be appropriate to > remove the option in the code and doc? > > > William Ferguson > > This transmission is for the intended addressee only and is confidential > information. If you have received this transmission in error, please > delete it and notify the sender. The contents of this E-mail are the > opinion of the writer only and are not endorsed by Mincom Limited unless > expressly stated otherwise. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Fergus Gallagher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, 9 February 2000 22:17 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Problem building ant with JDK1.3 modern > > > > > > I'm not sure but it looks to me like com.sun.tools.javac.Main invokes > > the "modern" compiler by default. Conversely, I can't see > > how to invoke > > the "classic" compiler. > > > > Fergus > > > > James Duncan Davidson wrote: > > > > > > > Doh! I guess I should have looked at the source carefully - this > > > > compiler hasn't been implemented! > > > > > > Oops. This was a skeleton that I stubbed in to be filled in.. It was > > > before the 1.3 stuff was widely used, so I thought I had > > time.. Guess > > > not. > > > > > > It's easy enough to steal the code from the classic > > compiler section -- > > > the syntax differences in the command aren't much > > different. Mainly it's > > > just a switch in the classname of the entry point > > > com.sun.tools.javac.Main I beleive. > > > > > > .duncan > > > > > > -- > > > James Davidson > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Java + XML / Portable Code + Portable Data > > !try; do() > > > > -- > > Fergus Gallagher Tel: +44 (20) 89 87 07 17 > > Orbis Fax: +44 (20) 87 42 26 49 > > The Swan Centre email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fishers Lane Web: http://www.orbisuk.com > > London W4 1RX / UK > > > >
