Re: gij as JRE 5

[Michael Koch]

Am Montag, 15. November 2004 18:19 schrieb Tom Tromey:
> >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew John Hughes <address@hidden>
> >>>>> writes:
>
> Andrew> If this is the case, then is there a good reason for not
> Andrew> starting to include 1.5 changes, that will compile with
> Andrew> pre-1.5 compilers, into the HEAD branch?
>
> Andrew> * less problems with keeping generics in sync with the HEAD
> branch, Andrew> especially when the point of merging finally does
> arrive
>
> Actually, putting the new code on the trunk as well makes merging
> harder, not easier.  That's because when it is put on the trunk all
> the generic bits must be stripped out, meaning that we'll have
> different versions of classes on the trunk and the branch.  This
> probably isn't a severe problem, but I thought I'd mention it.

Isn't this a problem without putting new features into HEAD too as the 
class gets changes on HEAD and generics branch anyway ?


Michael 
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