On Wed, 12 Jan 2022 19:49:28 GMT, Weijun Wang <wei...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Interesting... In hindsight, the cast call sort of confirms that the 
>> intended ordering is the suggested one.
>
> The check ensures casting always succeeds. The fact that this has not been 
> noticed for such a long time means everyone is using the exact subclass type 
> when calling the method.

Right, I suppose so.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7037

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