[External] : Re: Case-insensitive file systems and output file clashes - survey

[Jonathan Gibbons]

On 2/23/23 1:06 PM, Archie Cobbs wrote:
>
>>
>     If anyone were to pursue this, I would recommend that it be done
>     at least 99.99% in a separate implementation of 
>     `java.nio.file.FileSystem`, and not directly in javac itself. 
>     Such a FileSystem could be used without changing javac at all when
>     invoking javac through its API (i.e.
>     `javax.tools.JavaCompiler.getTask`), or with minimal change to
>     command-line javac to specify the use of that file system.
>
> That's a neat approach.
>
> The idea of a javac flag like --use-filesystem-impl 
> com.foobar.MyFileSystem is something that could be useful in its own 
> right.
>
> -Archie

FWIW, I probably meant `javax.tools.JavaFileManager` instead of 
`java.nio.file.FileSystem`. That good, because it's easier to write an 
interposing file manager than a new file system. :-)

-- Jon

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