Feedback about an experiment to embed Python interpreter with FFI API

[Maurizio Cimadamore]

On 11/01/2022 12:01, Anthony Vanelverdinghe wrote:
> On 11/01/2022 11:46, Maurizio Cimadamore wrote:
>> Hi Remy,
>>
>> On 11/01/2022 09:49, Rémy Maucherat wrote:
>>> (the most annoying for
>>> me is that previous JVMs don't know it and will refuse starting up, so
>>> ensuring the argument is there when needed is annoying)
>>
>> This is something that came up previously. And is what prompted my 
>> speculation on downgrading to a warning (when no flag is used) and 
>> turn it into an error (when flag is used). This would be a 
>> _transitional_ measure aimed to help migration.
>
> IIUC, the flag -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions already solves this 
> particular issue, doesn't it?

You are correct - passing this flag to older VMs works (just tested 
against 11). That said, I'd classify that in the workarounds bucket :-)

Maurizio

>
> Kind regards, Anthony
>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Maurizio
>>
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