Message6630

Author	amak
Recipients	amak, pekka.klarck, pjenvey
Date	2011-09-03.02:30:23
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IMHO, we should not be shipping or supporting anything in the sun.* namespace. Jython is sufficiently powerful that users are free and empowered to make use of these non-standard facilities if they wish. But they should not be part of the core platform, which should rely only on java., javax. or open source components in other namespaces. sun.misc has no place in jython. For example, what happens if the code is run on a IBM JVM? Should we support sun.misc.* there? If users wish to use JVM-specific facilities, they should be prepared to deal with the consequences. My €0,02.

IMHO, we should not be shipping or supporting anything in the sun.* namespace. Jython is sufficiently powerful that users are free and empowered to make use of these non-standard facilities if they wish. 

But they should not be part of the core platform, which should rely only on java.*, javax.* or open source components in other namespaces. sun.misc has no place in jython.

For example, what happens if the code is run on a IBM JVM? Should we support sun.misc.* there?

If users wish to use JVM-specific facilities, they should be prepared to deal with the consequences.

My €0,02.

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