Re: Current requirements for Java

2018-10-15 Thread Yijun . Yu
; Yijun.Yu; Bison Patches Subject: Re: Current requirements for Java Hi all! > Le 14 oct. 2018 à 22:24, Bruno Haible a écrit : > > The essential reference is the timeline of Java releases: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history Thanks! > As you can see, Java specifica

Re: Current requirements for Java

2018-10-14 Thread Akim Demaille
Hi all! > Le 14 oct. 2018 à 22:24, Bruno Haible a écrit : > > The essential reference is the timeline of Java releases: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history Thanks! > As you can see, Java specification levels 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 are outdated for > more than 3 years. And level 1.6

Re: Current requirements for Java

2018-10-14 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Akim, > In Bison we have a Java backend. We use gnulib to handle the > Java tool chain. In particular, in configure.ac we have > > gt_JAVACOMP([1.3], [1.4]) > gt_JAVAEXEC > > it worked like a charm for years. > > Until macOS Mojave; Yu Yijun reported that we get: > > 467. java.at:367:

Re: Current requirements for Java

2018-10-14 Thread Paul Eggert
Akim Demaille wrote: he changed CONF_JAVAC='javac -target 1.4 -source 1.3' to CONF_JAVAC='javac -target 1.6 -source 1.6' and had all the tests pass without any error. I have absolutely no idea what that change implies. It means the Java compiler accepts Java 6 source code and

Current requirements for Java

2018-10-14 Thread Akim Demaille
In Bison we have a Java backend. We use gnulib to handle the Java tool chain. In particular, in configure.ac we have gt_JAVACOMP([1.3], [1.4]) gt_JAVAEXEC it worked like a charm for years. Until macOS Mojave; Yu Yijun reported that we get: 467. java.at:367: testing Calculator ...