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sagar commented on DERBY-6809: ------------------------------ Ok. So a safe place to start. The sort package has ample use of Vectors. Knut, any example where exactly the replacement was made just as a reference. True, there could not be a major measurable improvement by replacing the Vector in a mergesort but as you said, I still am unable to read the mind of the original programmer of this code as to why a Vector (synchronized datatype) was used in the first place. > Java 1.8 feature use > -------------------- > > Key: DERBY-6809 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-6809 > Project: Derby > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Network Server > Affects Versions: 11.0.0.0 > Reporter: sagar > Attachments: 2017-12-04-143613_1366x768_scrot.png > > > Suggestion ... > Is it possible to auto modify the existing source code using tools like > Netbeans, and take advantage of the new features in JDK 1.8 for better > multiuser performance and better utilization of current day multicore > processors? > Plainly put, can we have from 11.0 onwards a version of derby which takes > advantage of the advancements and new features in java 1.8 ... -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)