Stuart Ballard wrote: > I've been following this thread as best I can from the archives.
eheh, good luck with that. (I'm keeping you copied so that it's easier for you to follow) > I suspect the results you're getting were from the last release of > Japitools. I can't blame you for this - I ought to have made a new one > long ago - but the last release has a bunch of known bugs compared to > the current code. In particular the last release should definitely not > be used for anything where 1.5 language features are present. ah-ha! awesome, I'll try that later. > The latest CVS code should be vastly improved; if you try this and > you're still seeing unexplained discrepancies, please let me know. oh, rest assure I will :-) > I'm planning to bundle up the current code into a new release in the > next few days, and I'm also revamping the website with the intention > to make it clear that the CVS code exists and is generally > recommended. (The very-much-work-in-progress new site can be seen at > http://sab39.netreach.com/japi). very cool, a much needed revamp, if you ask me ;-) If you need some CSS/webdesign skills, I'll be happy to give a hand. > One particular issue of note, because it concerns an issue that I just > (re)discovered on the Classpath results also: QName appears to trigger > an ecj bug in certain versions which produces an invalid class file by > incorrectly inheriting a generic parameter into a *static* inner > class. Apparently the latest ecj fixes this. I'm not 100% sure that > this is the issue that's causing it to be incorrectly reported missing > - but it seems awfully coincidental that the very same class with that > issue is the one that you're seeing problems on. Interesting. > I'd really love if some Harmony developers would join the japitools > mailing list if you're interested in the Japi results and how to make > best use of them. I plan to announce both the lists and the new > website more prominently when I have a new release to announce as > well, but seeing as there was active discussion going on right now, I > didn't want to wait. oh, didn't even know one existed. > (Yes, the japitools list is on an FSF server. I really really hope > that this isn't going to be a political problem for you guys. I > selected Savannah for hosting japitools before Harmony even existed, > because it made most sense at the time when Classpath developers were > the main users. Please don't let that hinder our ability to > communicate on something that makes sense for all projects concerned) you kidding? of course I'll join. -- Stefano.
