java.bytecode (or similar) module?

[Alan Bateman]

On 14/11/2017 09:11, Volker Simonis wrote:
> :
> So then what's the rational to not export the ASM which is included in the
> JDK anyway? I mean exporting from a jdk.xxx module, not from a standard
> module. Wouldn't that be useful if it is there anyway?
>
java.base exporting a non-standard API would be very problematic. It 
immediately falls foul of the design principles laid out in JEP 200. 
Moving it to another module isn't going to work either as java.base 
cannot depend on other modules. Doing so would introduce a circular 
dependency too.

Additionally,  as Rémi notes, it's not the full API, it is instead a 
re-packaged and often modified version of ASM N-1. I don't think we want 
anything outside of the JDK modules depending on that. Going forward 
then maybe the JDK will move to using something else.

-Alan