I don't think this is the reason. Its that the resulting byte code does not work on Java 6. Java 6 is still fairly widely used for better or worse or at least the default so it's probably still not worth creating incompatibility for this. On Nov 11, 2013 11:30 PM, "Emin Aksehirli" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Ted, > > On this particular case I want to use try-with-resources. In general, > Java 7 code is more compact and more readable, thanks to the new > features such as diamond operator. > > It's hard to deal with inertia, for sure, but IMHO every submission of > Java 6 code creates more technical debt. So, at the other projects I > work on, I switched to 7 as soon as possible. Switching to the next > version is inevitable and I find the sooner the better. > > Cheers, > > -- Emin Aksehirli > > On Fri 08 Nov 2013 18:52:42 CET, Ted Dunning wrote: > > Which Java 7 features did you want to use? > > > > I am generally quite favorable toward moving to Java 7, but there has > been > > a fair bit of inertia to deal with. Drill requires 7 and there are a > > number of small issues that are noticeably better as a result. > > > > What is your argument in favor? > > > >
