Use of JDK interanl ASM vs external

[Mark Roos]

A statement from Remi defined the reason for my original question very 
well.

        the ASM packages are only 
        re-exported [1] for nashorn

Like the Nashorn folks I am building a language using the jvm for which it 
 would
be helpful if there was a standard api for bytecode writing.  One which 
kept up
with the movement of the jvm and was focused on the needs of language 
writers. I 
am jealous that these folks get toys that I only hear talks on.

While I understand the desire to hide the internals of Java from the users 
of the
language, my preference would be for a way to open these internals for 
those of
us more interested in targeting the jvm.  Perhaps similar to how Nashorn 
has
the exports enabled. 

regards
mark

p.s.   Nice usage of Star Wars quote :)

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