Kris Jurka wrote: > Craig Ringer wrote: > >> Perhaps a stupid question, but isn't the `-source' parameter to javac >> intended to mask new features and such for just the purpose of compiling >> older sources on a new JDK? >> > > The -source argument only controls language features, not > interface/class definitions. [snip] Ah. Thanks for that very enlightening and helpful explanation - I really appreciate your taking the time. It's interesting that the JDK presents these issues to driver developers, but I see how there's no easy way around it given that Java offers no way to declare default implementations of methods in interfaces (iow: no multiple inheritance) so the JDBC interfaces can't provide stubs. Argh, if only Java had scope-based object lifetime with prompt finalization (think C++ "stack-based" objects) and multiple inheritance... -- Craig Ringer -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
