News (2010-08-27)

[URL="http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/"]JDK 7[/URL] build 107 is available. Build 107 contains no changes form [URL="http://blogs.sun.com/openjdk/entry/news_2010_08_20"]previous[/URL] week's build, build 106. You can get the [URL="http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk7/"]source code[/URL] and the early access binary snapshot [URL="http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/jdk7/binaries/index.html"]release[/URL].

In the [URL="http://openjdk.java.net/projects/mlvm/"]Da Vinci Machine[/URL] Project [URL="http://blogs.sun.com/jrose/"]John Rose[/URL] pushed code to the Mercurial repositories to [URL="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/mlvm-dev/2010-August/001918.html"]update[/URL] the syntax of method handle invocation to replace fake type parameters with real casts, as a better notation for the intended type of the invocation.

Over at [URL="http://openjdk.java.net/projects/coin/"]Project Coin[/URL], [URL="http://blogs.sun.com/darcy/"]Joe Darcy[/URL] [URL="http://blogs.sun.com/darcy/entry/project_coin_try_out_try"]posted[/URL] a request for feedback on how try-with-resources works in practice. Feedback should be sent to the Project Coin [URL="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/coin-dev"]mailing list[/URL].

The [URL="http://openjdk.java.net/projects/lambda/"]Project Lambda[/URL] prototype [URL="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/lambda-dev/2010-August/002334.html"]has[/URL] [URL="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/lambda-dev/2010-August/002351.html"]seen[/URL] [URL="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/lambda-dev/2010-August/002352.html"]a[/URL] [URL="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/lambda-dev/2010-August/002353.html"]steady[/URL] [URL="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/lambda-dev/2010-August/002372.html"]stream[/URL] of bug fixes by [URL="http://blogs.sun.com/mcimadamore/"]Maurizio Cimadamore[/URL].

Last but not least, [URL="http://blogs.sun.com/mr/"]Mark Reinhold[/URL] [URL="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2010-August/001109.html"]posted[/URL] on the [URL="http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw"]Project Jigsaw[/URL] [URL="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/jigsaw-dev"]mailing list[/URL] that work is resuming after a brief summer hiatus. [URL="http://www.java.net/blogs/mandychung/"]Mandy Chung[/URL] and [URL="http://blogs.sun.com/jjg/"]Jonathan Gibbons[/URL] [URL="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2010-August/001110.html"]updated[/URL] the Project Jigsaw prototype to JDK 7 build 105.



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