According to both the JLS [1] and the JVM Spec [2], neither '>' or '<' are legal within an identifier; The various Character.isJava***() methods return false for those characters.
As for the original problem, I was able to reproduce it on some Windows IBM JVMs [3] and I verified that applying the patch fixed it. [1] http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/lexical.html#3.8 [2] http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jvms/second_edition/html/Concepts.doc.html#25339 [3] I used the following JVMs: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pwi3260sr2-20080818_01(SR2)) IBM J9 VM (build 2.4, J2RE 1.6.0 IBM J9 2.4 Windows Vista x86-32 jvmwi3260-20080816_22093 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled) J9VM - 20080816_022093_lHdSMr JIT - r9_20080721_1330ifx2 GC - 20080724_AA) JCL - 20080808_02 Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build pwi32pdev-20070426a) IBM J9 VM (build 2.3, J2RE 1.5.0 IBM J9 2.3 Windows Vista x86-32 j9vmwi3223-20070426 (JIT enabled) J9VM - 20070420_12448_lHdSMR JIT - 20070419_1806_r8 GC - 200704_19) JCL - 20070423 On Apr 14, 12:27 pm, Stuart Halloway <stuart.hallo...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you apply the patch I have added > athttps://www.assembla.com/spaces/clojure/tickets/104-gc-issue-100--gen... > you should be able to tell pretty quickly. > > If you aren't comfortable with git patches, building clojure, etc. > ping me offline and I can just send you a jar to try. > > Stu > > > > > I've fallen victim to #104 in an IBM zSeries environment. I can't > > offer much in the way of Java literacy, but I can certainly test > > anything you'd care to toss my way. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Clojure" group. > > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient > > with your first post. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
