Backwards compatibility question (FontRenderContext)

[Daniel Gredler]

Hi guys,

The `FontRenderContext` class does not have any setters for the data which
it carries, so from a public API perspective it is immutable. However, the
private instance variables are not declared final. I was thinking about
raising a small PR to make the instance variables final, to more clearly
indicate the immutability of the class. Is this considered a
backwards-compatible change? Or is it considered non-backwards-compatible,
since users can technically use reflection to fiddle with the class
internals (and since final will soon more definitely mean final)?

Take care,

Daniel
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