Re: Revisiting default values

2020-07-20 Thread Brian Goetz
Responding to Kevin's tangent:  - Of the one's on Dan's list, one could argue that even some of the ones in Bucket 1 are questionable, such as `char` or `Instant`.  The ones that really seem like slam dunks are: numerics (int, long, etc), boolean, and maybe Optional.  That's a small list. (A

Re: JEP draft: Identity Warnings for Inline Class Candidates

2020-07-20 Thread Brian Goetz
Comments: "lack a unique identity" could cause readers to puzzle over whether inline objects have multiple identities.  Suggest "lack object identity" instead. In the motivation, I would add examples like:     void foo(Object o) {     synchronized(o) { ... }     }     void foo(T t) { /*