On Fri, 6 Sep 2024 16:23:22 GMT, Michael Strauß <mstra...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> > "should" and "may" are not the same as "must" and "will". > > I think this is just suboptimal language, and not a material distinction. You > _will_ get a runtime error if you use it in any meaningful way. Anyway, if a > developer _really_ wants to create an instance of `Node`, they can use the > non-exported `AbstractNode` at their own peril. Indeed it is a case of suboptimal language. The intention was to make it clear that this is _not_ supported. Period. And it isn't in any meaningful way. If there are corner cases where we miss throwing an exception, that is a bug. There might be other reasons to not make this change -- I haven't formed an opinion yet -- but concern over compatibility isn't one of them. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1556#issuecomment-2334415657
