The compiler can not detect dead code because it can be a library. jlink can detect dead code and provide a list of unneeded modules because it has the view of the whole application.
Rémi On October 17, 2016 10:45:26 AM GMT+02:00, Andrew Haley <a...@redhat.com> wrote: >On 16/10/16 19:52, Robert Scholte wrote: > >> To enforce the discipline, the java compiler should IMHO at least >> check if all required modules are indeed required and if the >> transitive required modules are indeed transitive. > >How can the compiler possibly know this? There are ways of requiring >a module without naming it in a declaration. > >Andrew. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
