[External] : Re: New informational JEP: 14: The Tip & Tail Model of Library Development

[Alan Snyder]

> On Oct 22, 2024, at 9:51 AM, Alex Buckley <alex.buckley at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> javac accepts source code written in a version of the Java language defined by a specific edition of the JLS. You are suggesting that javac in JDK 24 has a flag to accept source code which uses the Java 8 language + some but not all of the language features from Java 24. There is no edition of the JLS which specifies that hybrid language.
> 

True, but fixable. The extra features could be incorporated by reference, as preview features are.

  Alan