v51 class files

Alex Buckley alex.buckley at oracle.com
Thu Aug 16 09:36:10 PDT 2012


Any javac that emits ClassFiles beyond those specified in JVMS7 - such 
as with new attributes (Jigsaw, Type Annotations) or new flags (Lambda) 
- should be using version 52.0.

Alex

On 8/15/2012 5:16 PM, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
> Arguably this is a question for a wider audience, but I'll ask here first.
>
> javac is still generating v51 class files for -target 8.
>
> When should we cut over to generating v52 class files?
>
> -- Jon



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