On Fri, 24 Feb 2023 19:02:25 GMT, Andy Goryachev <ango...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> In general should we use new syntax like that instanceof syntax? JavaFX >> requires Java 17 now, but if changes were to be backported then using the >> new syntax makes it a bit more difficult. > > that will be "SEP" (someone else's problem) ;-) > > fx requires jdk17 as a boot jdk per JDK-8276144 Right. For newly added or modified code, it's fine to use JDK 17 language constructs and API, unless you know that the code will be backported right away. In particular, we have been using pattern-matching `instanceof` in other places. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1037
