graal and jdk8

[Thomas Wuerthinger]

OK thanks, we will investigate this. It has to do with the annotation-based source code generation we use for parts of Truffle. We are currently thinking of splitting this part of Graal into a separate repository, because for many purposes of Graal (including the ones of Project Sumatra) Truffle is not necessary.

- thomas

On Feb 13, 2013, at 9:27 AM, "Venkatachalam, Vasanth" <Vasanth.Venkatachalam at amd.com> wrote:

> Hi Thomas,
> 
> When I try  to build with jdk-8, I get the following error: 
> 
> Compiling Java sources for com.oracle.truffle.codegen.processor with javac...
> warning: [options] bootstrap class path not set in conjunction with -source 1.7
> /home/tester/vasanth/graal/graal/graal/com.oracle.truffle.codegen.processor/src/com/oracle/truffle/codegen/processor/ast/CodeExecutableElement.java:34: error: CodeExecutableElement is not abstract and does not override abstract method isDefault() in ExecutableElement
> public class CodeExecutableElement extends CodeElement<Element> implements WritableExecutableElement {
>       ^
> 1 error
> 
> Here's the java version I am using:
> 
> tester at see-anna1:~/Downloads$ jdk1.8.0/bin/java -version
> java version "1.8.0-ea"
> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-ea-b74)
> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.0-b15, mixed mode)
> tester at see-anna1:~/Downloads$
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Wuerthinger [mailto:thomas.wuerthinger at oracle.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:13 AM
> To: Venkatachalam, Vasanth
> Cc: graal-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Re: graal and jdk8
> 
> Vasanth,
> 
> We are not aware of any architectural problems that might prevent Graal from running on a JDK8 host VM. Could you please give more details on your setup and error message? We will resolve any incompatibilities with JDK8 asap.
> 
> Thanks, thomas
> 
> On Feb 13, 2013, at 9:03 AM, "Venkatachalam, Vasanth" <Vasanth.Venkatachalam at amd.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I noticed that I had to use a JDK7 VM to build Graal.
>> I wasn't able to build it with JDK8. Is there a workaround for this, or does Graal require a JDK7 host VM?
>> 
>> If Graal only supports JDK7, are there plans to make it compatible with JDK8?
>> We're looking to leverage Graal for the Sumatra project (http://openjdk.java.net/projects/sumatra/)
>> This work requires being able to compile JDK8 lambda constructs for the GPU.
>> 
>> Vasanth
> 
> 
>