[Jsr308-statements] JSR-308 Statements document update (discussion items and grammar changes)

[Trevor Harmon]

On Apr 17, 2007, at 5:57 PM, Michael Ernst wrote:

>>   In section "New Class File Attributes" [3], we need to decide if we
>> should use separate Runtime*StatementAnnotations or can reuse common
>> Runtime*TypeAnnotations attribute described in the main jsr308  
>> spec [4]
>> and use special target_type value for statement/block annotations.
>
> I have a slight preference for the latter, to avoid a proliferation of
> attributes.  (Perhaps others will have a different opinion,  
> though.)  We
> can change the name from "Type" to "Extended" (or some other bland,  
> less
> descriptive name) if you like.

I don't think it would be a problem to add extra attributes. I'd  
rather see too many attributes than one attribute playing too many  
roles. I feel that if type annotation attributes are mixed together  
with statement annotation attributes, the resulting structure may be  
overly complex.

Would it be possible to get by with just two attributes? How about  
Runtime*TypeAnnotations and a separate one just for statements:  
Runtime*StatementAnnotations?

Trevor