v51 class files

[Jonathan Gibbons]

I agree, but it has been convenient to allow a grace period for Jigsaw 
development to allow the rest of the tools to catch up with support for 
v52.    So, the question is, are we ready to end the grace period and 
convert to using v52 class files in normal use?    Who gets to make that 
decision, and who gets to coordinate the change?

And, since Jigsaw is now targeted for JDK 9, and defines attributes that 
will presumably not be in Java 8, should Jigsaw start moving towards v53 
class files?

-- Jon



On 08/16/2012 09:36 AM, Alex Buckley wrote:
> 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