Defaut methods are not visible if -source 1.7 is set

[Dan Smith]

On Oct 29, 2013, at 12:31 PM, Remi Forax <forax at univ-mlv.fr> wrote:

> On 10/29/2013 06:48 PM, Brian Goetz wrote:
>> The root problem is that -source 1.7 still exposes 1.8 libraries to the compilation, which is just wrong.  What should happen is we should be compiling with the fictitious -platform 1.7, which not only enforces the 1.7 language level, but also puts the 1.7 JDK classes on the bootclasspath.
> 
> There is already a warning for that, if you compile -source 1.7 -target 1.7 with javac,
> you will have a warning saying that you have to set the bootclasspath to a 1.7 rt. jar

I've made this point before, but do note that other libraries on the classpath are not subject to this constraint or warning.

—Dan