On May 20, 3:31 am, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > *) Is anyone else bothered by the fact that 'requires external > library' is such an annoyance? That's a rather serious detriment to > code reuse and the whole schtick where java would rather defer to a > library that which other languages do in the language space (something > Joe Darcy, project coin lead, mentions every other email to the coin- > dev list, for example). I wish java shipped out of the box with a > lightweight ivy, or better yet, that javac itself compiled to BigJars > instead of class files and had a feature for stating dependencies in > source files (per module?) which javac would automatically chase down > for you. Eh. I'll keep dreaming.
Surely this is a setup to mention JSR 294 and Project Jigsaw, since we're doing exactly that: listing a module's dependencies, resolving them at compile-time and runtime, and keeping a repository of well- formed modules that works well with native (OS) packages. Alex --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
