Re: [jdt-core-dev] Upgrading JDT to Java 1.5?

[Daniel Megert <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Harry

Moving to 1.5 or newer only makes sense
if one wants or has to exploit one of its features. Generifying a project
is not an easy task and requires a lot of time to do it right. That's why
we haven't done it so far. During Luna we definitely won't do it, because
all our resources are working on Java 8 support and we want to keep unrelated
changes to a minimum.

Dani


From:      
 Harry Terkelsen <het@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:      
 jdt-core-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date:      
 04.09.2013 20:32
Subject:    
   [jdt-core-dev]
Upgrading JDT to Java 1.5?
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Hi JDT Core Developers,

I am currently working on the JDT formatter, and I think
that upgrading JDT to Java 1.5 would be a big win in terms of making the
code simpler, safer, and shorter. Upgrading to Java 1.5 would also certainly
make debugging much faster, since (at least in the formatter part of the
codebase) there are many instances of the int enum pattern and bitsets
for enums, which means a lot of wasted time pouring through source files
trying to determine what these integers actually mean in this context.

Are there any reasons why we can't move JDT to Java 1.5?

Thanks!

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Harry Terkelsen |

Software Engineer |

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502-693-6543

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