On 02/01/2017 01:44, Ess Kay wrote:
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Sure. However, can you imagine how much work it would be to update a Java
source parser to allow identifiers like package and class names to contain
escaped semi-colons, single quotes or double quotes? My scenario and that
of many others is the same. It can be done but the result will be ugly.
Can you clarify if your questions relate to module names in source files
or in the binary form (in a module-info.class file)?
I repeat my earlier question, are there existing module systems out there
that allow spaces, quotes and semi colons to appear in a module name?
All I ask is that serious thought be given to how much flexibility is
really needed in a module name. There are signs that there has not yet
been much serious thought. For example backspace is not allowed but DEL
(0x127) is allowed.
The #ModuleNameCharacters thread on the jpms-spec-experts list [1] has
the discussions and proposal on this topic.
-Alan
[1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jpms-spec-experts/
