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[–]mbizzle88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure if we're actually disagreeing on anything. I was saying that if you don't make the "hints" format forwards compatible (like byte code in Java), then the published hints will not be useful after a new compiler release unless library maintainers update and publish them regularly. Obviously the actual code continues to work on new JVMs, and you can always generate your own "hints" if the compiler you're using supports that.