Re: compile error - basic package issue
On Mon, 18 Jan 2010, Silvio wrote:
"Tom Anderson" <twic@urchin.earth.li> wrote in message
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On Sat, 16 Jan 2010, Silvio wrote:
A final remark: you must run javac from the root of your source tree.
Not so. You can run it from anywhere you like, and pass in paths to
source files rooted anywhere you like (ie the paths don't have to
replicate the package names). The only constraint is that if the source
files depend on classes which are not being named explicitly, then
either their class files must be on an explicitly-given classpath, or
their source files must be on an explicitly-given source path.
Yes, I know but for the OP who is obviously a beginner I was trying to keep
it simple and point him towards the simplest use case.
Oh, okay. In that case, the word you're looking for is "should", not
"must".
He should use an IDE anyway.
Perhaps. Those are pretty confusing for beginners too.
tom
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