Suggestions for Java Generics Semantics in Java Version 7.0 _ Resurrected (original) (raw)

Dalibor Topic Dalibor.Topic at Sun.COM
Wed Jun 17 16:25:44 PDT 2009

David Herron wrote:

The thing I want to point to is that item #3 follows a "Sun provides the technology, you guys consume the technology" attitude. In the spirit of an open source community process perhaps #3 could be reworded to say that Sun's priorities are clear from where Sun is placing it's R&D dollars, and if a group were to form in the community to implement reification ...etc...

In other words, notwithstanding the prestige of the names you listed in point #2, it may be possible with enough work for some set of people to implement reification. I would hope that if the community were to do it, that it could be accepted into the OpenJDK. Maybe some people in the community have a different prioritization of needs than Sun has?

From my reading of the thread, the suggestion made was "Sun should do X for JDK 7". Alex reply simply pointed out that Sun has made up its mind on what features Sun wants to contribute for JDK 7, and allocated its resources for them accordingly.

Others in the OpenJDK community similarly allocate their resources in the way that suits their goals. If someone wants to spend their time implementing reification right now, they can, though the experience from JSR 14 indicates that such a project would be non-trivial, to put it mildly, making a great implementation in the time frame for JDK 7 a bit unlikely.

cheers, dalibor topic

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