--- __matthewHawthorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Java 1.5 is going to have a lot of new tricks, such as the auto boxing > and unboxing that you're referring to, also generics, enums, etc. I've > played with the prototype compiler, and I have to say, the new features > are pretty cool. It seems that a lot of the things they are providing > have been implemented in some way already in commons. > > It appears to be a requirement that all commons code must run on Java > 1.2, but I'm not quite sure why.
This is not a requirement. Each project can choose what their minimum Java level is. David > Why is this? Maybe comons should > always stay 2 versions behind the current Java version, and bump up to > 1.3 once 1.5 comes out... is this possible or desirable? > > Another example is Ant... until recently, I think Ant was still required > > to run on Java 1.1, but they bumped it up to Java 1.2 for Ant 1.6. > They've just started using Collections... it seems kind of strange. > > > > > Sean W. Ferguson wrote: > > > Isn't Java 1.5 going to have this? > > > > __matthewHawthorne wrote: > > > >> Sounds great, as there is already a large codebase to get started > with. > >> > >> pcollections seems like a nice simple name... primitive-collections > >> seems too long, and other combinations of half-words like "prim" and > >> "coll" may just leave people confused. > >> > >> I'm willing to lend a helping hand... just let me know where to aim > >> and shoot. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Stephen Colebourne wrote: > >> > >>> The attached proposal is to create a new Sandbox project, named > >>> [pcollections] to house a complete set of primitive collections. > >>> Reasoning: > >>> > >>> 1) [collections] is already large, and primitive-collections and > >>> collections > >>> actually have remarkably little in common > >>> > >>> 2) The current primitive collections code in [collections] is > >>> completely > >>> isolated from the rest of the [collections] code, a sure-fire > >>> indicator of > >>> being better in a separate project with its own release cycle > >>> > >>> 3) A positive response from Soren Bak of the PCJ project to > integrate a > >>> complete set of primitive-collections together in one place. > >>> > >>> > >>> This mail is to enable anyone to > >>> - object to the idea > >>> - come up with a better name than pcollections > >>> - to volunteer support (please!!) > >>> - or any other comment :-) > >>> > >>> Stephen > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >>> > >>> > >>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
