Re: Sort and Java 1.7

2012-09-12 Thread Armando Blancas
You must be referring to the detection of contract violations. It shouldn't be an issue; on the contrary, that seems useful info. And those who depend on legacy or third-party code can always stick to the old behavior. Area: API: Utilities Synopsis: Updated sort behavior for Arrays and Collectio

Re: Sort and Java 1.7

2012-09-12 Thread Alan Malloy
Vote to close as "not a real question". The signature of java.util.Collections/sort hasn't changed since 1.5, when generics were introduced, and it should still be basically compatible with what it was when it was introduced in 1.2. On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 5:54:22 AM UTC-7, Canonical.C