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From: Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Strange problem with .jar and .class files
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:34:51 -0800 (PST)
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On Friday, January 13, 2012 9:55:25 AM UTC-8, Jeff Higgins wrote:
> On 01/13/2012 10:40 AM, Lew wrote:
> > On 01/13/2012 01:08 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
> >> On 01/13/2012 03:41 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
> >>> On 01/13/2012 12:05 AM, Lew wrote:
> >>>> Jeff Higgins wrote:
> >>>>> If I look at for instance Javolution library, their build process
> >>>>> includes a
> >>>>> non-standard text substitution step to include or not Java generics=
.
> >>>>
> >>>> ??!
> >>>>
> >>> A method signature in the .templates.javolution.text package:
> >>> public final Appendable/*TextBuilder*/ append(char c)
> >>> becomes
> >>> public final Appendable<TextBuilder> append(char c)
> >>> in the javolution.text package before compilation.
> >>>
> >> or not, depending upon the build parameters.
> >
> > And again I say,
> >
> > ??!
> >
> I don't understand the question(exclamation).

Fair enough.  I'm expressing puzzlement and shock at the idea of pre-proces=
sing Java code for generics or not. It seems so bassackwards and unnecessar=
y, though I'm sure they thought they were clever to do this.  I might have =
contented my self with a -target 1.4 (and appropriate bootclasspath) rather=
 than manipulating source, presumably to support a ten-year-old version of =
Java.

Or better, freeze the Java 1.4 library and just freaking use the freaking g=
enerics for all current work.

So I was expressing my "WTF?" over their technique.

--=20
Lew