micro-resolution

[Pascal Rapicault]

On 05/02/2014 4:36 PM, David M. Lloyd wrote:
> On 02/05/2014 12:09 PM, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
>> I am beginning to consider how to rewrite (micro)resolution in javac in
>> the light of the recent discussions regarding readability, 
>> visibility, etc.
>>
>> I know that we have determined that the JDK module graph is acyclic.   I
>> think we decided that all module graphs should be acyclic, right?
>>
>> I guess I'm wondering what the text in the JLS might be like in this
>> area.  i.e. "it is a compile-time error if ...."
>
> It's worth pointing out that this should be refined to say "all module 
> graphs *of modules being compiled* are acyclic", or possibly "all 
> module graphs are acyclic *at compile time*" as experience shows that 
> it is quite common to have cycles at run time for various reasons.
>
>
Agreed, this is what we have been supporting in PDE Build for a couple 
years and this was a must.