Java 17 preview language level use

[Archie Cobbs]

On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 9:50 AM Tagir Valeev <amaembo at gmail.com> wrote:

> >If I start up the IDE, configure Java 17 and want to have preview
> features enabled (i.e., turn on --enable-preview), are you saying I can't
> do that?
>
> Yes. Similarly, if you install Java 21 and use `--enable-preview
> --release=17`. You can't do that. You have to install an older version of
> Java, or (in our case) an older version of IDE.
>

I agree with Alex - In short, "preview feature" and "long term support" are
orthogonal concepts, and therefore this seems like just a problem with an
IDE limitation.

-Archie

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Archie L. Cobbs
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