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neither has yet been compiled, compiling
Newer.java
will attempt to com-
pile
Older.java
as well. With only one dialect this is a feature. But with
the incompatible dialects you will be unable to compile
Newer.java
until
you have already compiled
Older.java
under the non-
assert
dialect. This
complicates your build process because the order in which you compile
things has now become significant.
Of course, the ultimate problem is if
Newer.java
and
Older.java
depend
on each other. Now you have a loop you cannot solve without modifying
one source file. Presumably you would upgrade
Older.java
to use the
new dialect, but if you cannot do so you will have to regress
Newer.java
to the older dialect.
Woe betide if you can modify neither.
