Re: [abc] Re: [abc-users] Schedule for annotations etc.

I'm not sure if we can really offer complete java 1.5 support within a
few months, especially with no suitable front-end in sight.
Doesn't mean we can't promise it anyways, but... :-)

Sascha

Oege de Moor wrote:
> I think we can be more firm.
>
> "We are actively involved with the ajc team in the design of AspectJ 5.
> Regarding annotations, this is not very difficult to implement, and indeed
> we already have done the lexer and parser to support these. Generics
> require some substantial changes to the underlying Java compiler
> (Polyglot), and we are working with the Polyglot team towards realising
> those in the medium term. We don't have a definite schedule, but we're
> talking no more than a few months."
>
> On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, Ganesh Sittampalam wrote:
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>
>>"Support for Java 5 is something we hope to roll out gradually; the first
>>priority will be to support weaving into Java 5 class files using the
>>existing AspectJ language. We have been involved in the design of the
>>annotations extensions and other features of AspectJ 5, and we would hope
>>to also be able to support these quickly. Unfortunately, we cannot promise
>>any definite timescales at present."
>>
>>How's that sound?
>>
>>Ganesh
>>
>>On Sat, 18 Dec 2004, Pavel Avgustinov wrote:
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>>>Who will come up with the "official" reply to this? We should mention
>>>we're involved in the design of AspectJ 5, perhaps...
>>>
>>>- P
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>>>Eric Bodden wrote:
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>>>>Since last week the Eclipse and AJC team were making a huge jump
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>>>>an ABC version that will support them (and probably other Java 5
>>>>features)?
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>>>>Cheers,
>>>>Eric
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>>>>- --
>>>>Eric Bodden
>>>>Chair I2 for Programming Languages and Program Analysis
>>>>RWTH Aachen University
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Received on Mon Dec 20 13:38:52 2004