On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 02:54:21 GMT, Sergey Bylokhov <s...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> But you cannot change the return type later, so all these instanceof+casts > will be there forever. Well, if there is a reason the API can be amended in the future version of Java. It is not cast in stone. Yes, it will require some justification, but if justification is provided then API can be changed. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk17/pull/178