New candidate JEP: 500: Prepare to Make Final Mean Final

[Iris Clark]

The following JEP with scope "SE" has been moved to the Candidate state:

  500: Prepare to Make Final Mean Final
  https://openjdk.org/jeps/500

    Summary: Issue warnings about uses of deep reflection to mutate
    final fields.  These warnings aim to prepare developers for a future
    release that ensures integrity by default by restricting final field
    mutation, which will make Java programs safer and potentially faster.
    Application developers can avoid both current warnings and future
    restrictions by selectively enabling the ability to mutate final fields
    where essential.

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    https://openjdk.org/jeps/1

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    https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/26/spec/

Thanks,
Iris