Nuances of Overloading and Overriding in Java

Re:Nuances of Overloading and Overriding in Java by Twisol on Thursday May 18, 2023 @06:48PM (#35995321)

A team I was on decided against Manifold precisely because we wanted to keep up with Java's twice-yearly version updates, and we didn't want a bespoke compiler plugin to lock us to an older version.

I think Manifold is extremely cool, and it does look like they're keeping up with the latest -- but the deep compiler magic it relies on really makes me nervous.

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Re:Nuances of Overloading and Overriding in Java by zeedude on Thursday May 18, 2023 @10:26PM (#35997065)

They are good about supporting latest JDK release and all LTS releases, going back to 8.

It’s Oracle’s saber rattling lately concerning plugins like Lombok and Manifold that make me more disappointed than nervous.

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Re:Nuances of Overloading and Overriding in Java by whartung on Friday May 19, 2023 @12:59AM (#35997947)

What rattling is that?

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Re:Nuances of Overloading and Overriding in Java by Twisol on Friday May 19, 2023 @04:08PM (#36006283)

Yes, exactly -- the responsibility to keep up with Java versions does not, unfortunately, lie with Manifold alone. The deep magic they rely on also needs to remain accessible.

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