Expounding on #ModuleNameSyntax

[Rémi Forax]

I agree.

Rémi


Le 21 mars 2016 15:25:13 CET, "David M. Lloyd" <david.lloyd at redhat.com> a écrit :
>On 03/11/2016 11:42 AM, mark.reinhold at oracle.com wrote:
>> 2016/3/2 15:56 -0800, david.lloyd at redhat.com:
>>> It seems to me that the syntax requirements presently established
>for
>>> Jigsaw in particular are really specific to the module layer(s)
>handled
>>> by the JDK.  It is easy to imagine containers and other such systems
>>> that are provided in their own layers might have different,
>pre-existing
>>> syntax requirement (we have such a situation with our existing
>module
>>> environment, allowing (in some layers) names with hypens, slashes,
>>> etc.).  Shouldn't syntax checking of names be a policy decision of
>the
>>> module layer, rather than a global policy?
>>
>> New issue:
>http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/spec/issues/#ModuleNameCharacters
>
>In the absence of expert group discussion I am assuming that everyone
>is 
>in agreement that each layer should have complete autonomy in terms of 
>module name validation.  If you disagree or have other discussion
>points 
>to raise, please respond ASAP, as silence will be interpreted as 
>agreement of the group!