> > Generics would help to ensure suitable types were being used, but> would do > nothing to prevent the subtle threading bugs that misusing a> protected field > can cause.>> To my mind, it would paper over a few cracks, whilst leaving > gaping> holes elsewhere.> we just voted a new maintenance release for [pool] that brings exactly the same bugs, what should prevent us cutting a new release adding something comfortable for our users - and some of us, included myself - such as generics?
> Unfortunately, because the original code was created with exposed> mutable > data items, it's just not possible to fix it without breaking> binary > compatibility. agreed, maybe I got Gary wrong but IIUC the purpose for a 1.6 release is just providing Generics... or not? 2.0 provides a lot more - not only locks are fixed, but internals are more performant - so I don't see issues having 1.6 released. My 0.02 cents, -Simo http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/ http://twitter.com/simonetripodi http://www.99soft.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
