On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 15:40, Rémi Forax wrote:
> Le 04/10/2009 11:39, Christian Thalinger a écrit :
>> On Sat, 2009-10-03 at 23:43 -0500, Paul Benedict wrote:
>>
>>> I've always found it a bit perplexing that java.lang was never chosen
>>> for the parent package of the Dynamic API. Why is that? D
Stepan,
That is a very good observation. I wonder what others have to say
about it? As you pointed out, there are other java.lang.* sub-packages
that have no impact on the Java language.
I am in agreement that java.dyn is closer to the language than not --
hence I think java.lang.dyn is natural.
Le 04/10/2009 19:11, Paul Benedict a écrit :
I thought the language was being modified to make Dynamic<> exempt
from type-checking rules.
In fact, this is InvokeDynamic.invoke() and MethodHandle.invoke()
that allow you to escape the type-checking rules.
The way I look at it, grammar is the
I thought the language was being modified to make Dynamic<> exempt
from type-checking rules. The way I look at it, grammar is the
underpinnings of language. To "read the grammar" is analogous to
"compiling the source" -- both are about making sense of tokens. With
the introduction of Dynamic<>, I h
Le 04/10/2009 11:39, Christian Thalinger a écrit :
On Sat, 2009-10-03 at 23:43 -0500, Paul Benedict wrote:
I've always found it a bit perplexing that java.lang was never chosen
for the parent package of the Dynamic API. Why is that? Dynamic types
are now "part of the language" as proven by s
Le 04/10/2009 08:03, Mandy Chung a écrit :
Alan, Karen,
Can you review the fix for:
6612680: Remove classloader dependency on jkernel
Webrev at:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mchung/6612680/
java.lang.ClassLoader and sun.misc.Launcher have explicit dependencies
on the jkernel code. While
On Sat, 2009-10-03 at 23:43 -0500, Paul Benedict wrote:
> I've always found it a bit perplexing that java.lang was never chosen
> for the parent package of the Dynamic API. Why is that? Dynamic types
> are now "part of the language" as proven by spec itself and exotic
> identifiers. Will this be re
