It is available in both Sun and Eclipse compilers (as different names), so I'll take that as +1.
Of course, as soon as the JCHEVM can understand 1.5-format class files we'll drop the target flag. Regards, Tim Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: > > > 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 > > -- Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IBM Java technology centre, UK.
