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[Christophe Cornu <Christophe_Cornu@xxxxxxxxxx>]

As Dean reported, SWT has added a new
org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Path . SWT confirms it is new API and name needs
to remain as is (like org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Point should be called Point
because it represents ... a Point).

As a result, plugins previously using
the org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path and importing org.eclipse.swt.graphics.*
must now change their source code to unambiguously refer to org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path.

We'll try to learn from that incident
should we add new classes with generic names in the future so we can at
least give an early warning to plugin owners.

Thank you,

Chris / SWT

Dejan Glozic/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA
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OK, found the problem: apparently SWT has introduced a new 'Path' class
in org.eclipse.swt.graphics. It is related to new GC methods 'drawPath',
'fillPath' etc. 

SWT team, are you going to keep this API? If so, we will need to fix the
ambiguity in our code in time for M5. Is there any way you pick another
name? 

Regards,

Dejan Glozic, Ph.D.
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Dejan Glozic/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA
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Upon further analysis, it looks like no changes were made in Path, so this
must be coming from elsewhere. Runtime team, false alarm.

Regards,

Dejan Glozic, Ph.D.
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Dejan Glozic/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA
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Runtime team, what are all these errors? They all come from an apparent
change in the Path class. All of the sudden, 'Path(String)' constructor
is ambiguous. Why? 

Regards,

Dejan Glozic, Ph.D.
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Build N20050213-0010 (Timestamp: 200502130010):  Compile errors in
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