Re: gij as JRE 5

[Andrew Haley]

Tom Tromey writes:
 > >>>>> "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.

Sure, but it's overwhelmed by the advantages of getting this stuff
visible and tested.

Andrew.