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Re: can this be done with generics?

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On 11/26/13 8:38 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 11/25/2013 10:02 AM, Mike Amling wrote:
>>
>> I don't think the compiler has all the information needed to guarantee
>> that new Bar().foo1().bar() will be executable at runtime. The compiler
>> may know, from the "return this" in foo1 that it's safe if you run with
>> the Foo.class and the Bar.class files that it is now generating. But the
>> compiler also should know that the Bar.class file it's writing may be
>> run with a Foo.class file from a later compile of a Foo.java that's been
>> changed
>
> Incompatible changes to a dependency class later does not bother
> many other language constructs.

Yes, in particular I've noticed the hijinks that the switch (enum 
instance) bytecode goes through to get runtime compatibility with a 
separately modified and recompiled enum class.

Mike Amling
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can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-25 00:55 +0000
  Re: can this be done with generics? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-11-24 21:11 -0500
    Re: can this be done with generics? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2013-11-25 01:43 -0800
      Re: can this be done with generics? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2013-11-25 01:47 -0800
      Re: can this be done with generics? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-11-26 21:32 -0500
    Re: can this be done with generics? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-11-25 11:30 +0100
      Re: can this be done with generics? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2013-11-25 02:36 -0800
      Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-25 10:45 +0000
      Re: can this be done with generics? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-11-26 21:35 -0500
        Re: can this be done with generics? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-11-27 10:48 +0100
        Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-27 10:18 +0000
  Re: can this be done with generics? Patrick Roemer <sangamon@netcologne.de> - 2013-11-25 12:59 +0100
    Re: can this be done with generics? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-11-25 22:31 +0100
      Re: can this be done with generics? Patrick Roemer <sangamon@netcologne.de> - 2013-11-26 12:03 +0100
      Re: can this be done with generics? v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2013-11-26 21:32 +0000
        Re: can this be done with generics? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-11-26 23:30 +0100
      Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-27 18:53 +0000
        Re: can this be done with generics? Sebastian <news@seyweiler.dyndns.org> - 2013-11-28 22:28 +0100
          Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-30 14:21 +0000
  Re: can this be done with generics? Mike Amling <mamling@chaff.us> - 2013-11-25 09:02 -0600
    Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-26 01:04 +0000
      Re: can this be done with generics? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-11-26 08:16 +0100
        Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-26 20:42 +0000
    Re: can this be done with generics? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-11-26 21:38 -0500
      Re: can this be done with generics? Mike Amling <mamling@chaff.us> - 2013-11-27 11:05 -0600
  Re: can this be done with generics? taqmcg@gmail.com - 2013-11-25 08:36 -0800
    Re: can this be done with generics? taqmcg@gmail.com - 2013-11-25 09:04 -0800
      Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-26 00:50 +0000
        Re: can this be done with generics? Arivald <NOSPAMarivald@interia.pl> - 2013-11-26 07:10 +0100
          Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-27 18:58 +0000
  Re: can this be done with generics? Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2013-12-07 09:04 -0800
    Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-12-07 19:20 +0000
      Re: can this be done with generics? Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2013-12-10 11:14 -0800

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