On 05/02/2014 4:36 PM, David M. Lloyd wrote:
On 02/05/2014 12:09 PM, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
I am beginning to consider how to rewrite (micro)resolution in javac in
the light of the recent discussions regarding readability,
visibility, etc.
I know that we have determined that the JDK module graph is acyclic. I
think we decided that all module graphs should be acyclic, right?
I guess I'm wondering what the text in the JLS might be like in this
area. i.e. "it is a compile-time error if ...."
It's worth pointing out that this should be refined to say "all module
graphs *of modules being compiled* are acyclic", or possibly "all
module graphs are acyclic *at compile time*" as experience shows that
it is quite common to have cycles at run time for various reasons.
Agreed, this is what we have been supporting in PDE Build for a couple
years and this was a must.
