Tim Ellison wrote:
As discussed on the list, there is a compiler option in the 5.0 compilers we use that allows source code containing a subset of Java 5.0 language features to be compiled into 1.4 compatible class files. Since this is quite a significant change I'd like to get a vote on whether the project should make this compiler option a necessity for our code.
I'm scared of tying us to only 1 compiler, although it would be nice to get going on some of the 5.0 features.
The positive outcome of this is that we can develop APIs that rely on those 5.0 language features, and run the resulting code on existing 1.4-compatible VMs. The downside is that we are using an undocumented compiler feature on the reference implementation (it is supported on the Eclipse compiler). [ ] +1 - Yes, change the build scripts to compile 5.0 code to 1.4 target [ ] 0 - I don't care [ ] -1 - No, don't change the compiler options (please state why)
+1 as long as this can be found in both the Sun and Eclipse compilers, -1 if not geir
