On Mar 7, 2008, at 3:21 PM, Bill Burke wrote:
>
> Marc Hadley wrote:
>> What I want to avoid is using the annotations defined in JSR 311 in
>> places not covered by the spec because that could be quite
>> confusing for developers. I'm less worried about a meta-annotation
>> since those are generally hidden from developers.
>
> I understand your fear, but having two sets of annotations is even
> more confusing for a vendor's implementation.
Why ? I want crisp semantics for the annotations defined by the spec
and I think non-portable innovations belong in a vendor-specific
package. That way its easy for developers to see when they are using
portable vs non-portable functionality.
> Let us innovate.
>
That's hardly fair, nothing is stopping you innovating.
Marc.
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Marc Hadley <marc.hadley at sun.com>
CTO Office, Sun Microsystems.