On Sunday 18 May 2008 18:15, Peter Niederwieser wrote: > Does the JVM specification allow special characters (e.g. space, > comma, question mark) in method names? I couldn't find a clear answer > in the document.
Is there a reason to expect (long-term) that characters other than those specified as acceptable in identifiers to be allowed? Would it not be safe to simply limit those used to that set? It's pretty large. See section 3.8 of the Java Language Specification. > I'm asking because the following works for me in Groovy: Today. Maybe not tomorrow... > ... > > Cheers, > Peter Randall Schulz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JVM Languages" group. To post to this group, send email to jvm-languages@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jvm-languages?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
