Cyclic dependencies during multi-module compilation

[David Lloyd]

I still consider this to be a non-bug.  The cycle check has absolutely
no useful purpose other than "scratching an itch".

On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 3:01 AM, Nicolai Parlog <nipa at codefx.org> wrote:
>  Hi!
>
> In early access builds, multi-module compilation would fail if there was
> a dependency cycle between the involved modules. I just realized that
> that is no longer the case in 9.0.1 and later (up to Java 11).
>
> I'm interested to learn the background for that decision? I considered
> that check A Good Thing - why was it removed?
>
>  so long ... Nicolai
>
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