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Re: PR java/19285: Interfaces not initialized by static field access
Tom Tromey writes:
> >>>>> "Bryce" == Bryce McKinlay <mckinlay@redhat.com> writes:
>
> Bryce> Yes, we should not be changing the ABI version number with every minor
> Bryce> change, however, experimental versions should have a different version
> Bryce> number to released versions - ie we should bump the version number the
> Bryce> first time such a change is made on HEAD after a release. This will
> Bryce> avoid confusion when binaries made with HEAD are accidentally run on
> Bryce> an older release version.
>
> Yeah. I thought perhaps this patch was going in 4.0 as well, but I
> don't see it there.
It's not yet tested. Test away!
> Bryce> How about something like this? Or would it be better to explicitly
> Bryce> define each different version somewhere?
>
> The compiler side of this looks reasonable to me.
>
> On the runtime side I would prefer the addition of a new define and
> explicit recognition of it. I think it is better to be very clear
> than to try to micro-optimize this.
I agree. I'm still thinking about the compiler side of Bryce's patch,
but I'm inclining towards approval.
Andrew.