[cdi-dev] Answer from EL spec lead: no, "." is not valid in an EL name.

[Jozef Hartinger]

So for CDI 1.2 the test that tests this should not be excluded after 
all, correct?

On 01/14/2015 11:56 AM, Pete Muir wrote:
> We need to go for both (A) and (B).
>
> We would need to deprecate the existing name before we can allow it to not be supported. This means CDI 3. So I would suggest we deprecate it in 2, add an alternative that can be used, and then consider removing it in CDI 3. In the meantime for CDI 2, we will need to improve the TCK to check this more carefully.
>
>> On 14 Jan 2015, at 10:09, Romain Manni-Bucau <rmannibucau at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> +1 for B (IMO it is not used that much)
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> 2015-01-14 10:54 GMT+01:00 Jozef Hartinger <jharting at redhat.com>:
>>> I think further action is needed on this. Now that it has been confirmed
>>> that "javax.enterprise.context.conversation" itself is not a valid EL
>>> name we should either:
>>>
>>> A) Require all CDI implementations to adapt the property-based approach
>>> which allows this to be implemented portably (as Weld does)
>>> B) Declare publicly that although the CDI spec declares the given name,
>>> it is a bug and applications should not use the name. (What about
>>> compatibility with existing applications?)
>>>
>>> Jozef
>>>
>>> On 01/08/2015 09:27 AM, Mark Struberg wrote:
>>>> Dear CDI fellows!
>>>>
>>>> I've received an answer regarding our EL question from the EL Spec Lead.
>>>>
>>>> Ed, thanks for helping us!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> LieGrue,
>>>> strub
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, 6 January 2015, 23:14, Edward Burns <edward.burns at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hello Mark,
>>>>> To close this out, no, "." is not valid in an EL name.  An EL name
>>>>> must
>>>>> be a java identifier.  I'm told this was discussed by Pete a long time
>>>>> ago in the EL 3.0 EG.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ed
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