Re: gij as JRE 5

[Michael Koch]

Am Montag, 15. November 2004 19:00 schrieb Tom Tromey:
> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Koch <address@hidden> writes:
> >>
> >> 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.
>
> Michael> Isn't this a problem without putting new features into
> HEAD Michael> too as the class gets changes on HEAD and generics
> branch Michael> anyway ?
>
> Yes, though there is a difference in degree.  E.g., our collections
> classes are fairly mature and don't change very much.  So
> re-merging those probably won't be too difficult.

I don't know for sure but I would consider the collection classes are 
only a little part of the stuff that needs enhancements for 1.5.


Michael
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