[antlr-interest] using generics in next version of v3

[Andreas Stefik]

Ter,

I'm not an antlr expert, but I will say that Oracle no longer even
supports versions of the JDK that do not support generics in their
major code bases anymore. For example, NetBeans 6.9 actually requires
JDK 6.

So, in my view, it's pretty reasonable to use them. I actually prefer
it, as it reduces warnings in the code.

Just my two cents,

Stefik

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Jim Idle <jimi at temporal-wave.com> wrote:
> Ter,
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> So long as we just the -target jsr14 javac option, then I think it is fine as anyone else can also use that option on their own code and the generics have no effect on the runtime byte code.
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> Jim
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: antlr-interest-bounces at antlr.org [mailto:antlr-interest-
>> bounces at antlr.org] On Behalf Of Terence Parr
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 10:30 AM
>> To: antlr-interest at antlr.org interest
>> Subject: [antlr-interest] using generics in next version of v3
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>> Hi,
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>> I'm  finding it hard to avoid using generics when updating the runtime
>> for the upcoming v3.3. In principle, we can generate byte codes are
>> compatible with all previous VMs. Is it okay if I start using generics
>> in the runtime? v4, also in development, uses them for sure.
>>
>> Ter
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