The mlvm/langtools patch repository has support for some small Java extensions, which I am in the process of proposing to the Java language people.
I have wired the updated javac into the ant scripts that NetBeans uses, and can build invokedynamic call sites directly from Java code in the NetBeans editor. This will be a preferred way to create call sites for metaobject protocol infrastructure and any parts of dynamic language runtimes written in Java. (Dynamic languages will probably not compile via Java, but use ASM to generate invokedynamic calls directly.) You'll see the tweaks for that on my next hotspot push. Meanwhile, NetBeans still (very reasonably) reports the extensions as syntax or type errors. I just filed a NetBeans RFE to get this fixed. Now all we need is a NetBeans expert! (Are *you* that expert? :-) http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=157264 Best wishes, -- John _______________________________________________ mlvm-dev mailing list mlvm-dev@openjdk.java.net http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/mlvm-dev
