I wonder if someone could clear up this issue. I'd like to test the latest CVS version, but it won't compile (because it can't find java.util.regex.Pattern). If this regex-dependency is to remain, is there a way that us non-1.4-JVM users could add some library to get around this problem? Or, is there a plan to remove it, or at least make it optional?
Regards, Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Cutting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lucene Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 1:33 PM Subject: Re: New FieldSortedHitQueue uses Java 1.4 feature > Robert Engels wrote: > > Seems like a bad precedent... if developers have to worry about coding > > around problems in specific JDK's, it could be a nightmare. What about the > > next user who uses some JDK than is less mainstream? > > I think you're responding to the other branch of this thread! > > What I was suggesting here is that Tim remove the regex code from the > Lucene 1.4 codebase, since it requires Java 1.4, while everything else > in Lucene requires only Java 1.2. > > Separately, there's the issue of how Lucene should handle a bug in IBM's > 1.3 JIT, but that's not what I was talking about here. > > Doug > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Doug Cutting [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 11:57 AM > > To: Lucene Developers List > > Subject: Re: New FieldSortedHitQueue uses Java 1.4 feature > > > > > > Tim Jones wrote: > > > >>But, if this is the only code depending on java 1.4, it seems like it > > > > would > > > >>be better to remove it for better version compatibility. Perhaps what > > > > would > > > >>be best would be to have the code detect which version it's running under > >>and act appropriately. > > > > > > I vote for just removing it, and keeping Lucene 1.4 compatible with Java > > 1.2. I don't think it's worth trying to detect the version. You might > > add a comment, or even a commented-out 1.4-based implementation, to mark > > this as something to revisit when we eventually move Lucene to Java 1.4. > > > > Doug > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
