JEP proposed to target JDK 21: 443: Unnamed Patterns and Variables (Preview)

Mark Reinhold mark.reinhold at oracle.com
Tue May 16 14:21:51 UTC 2023


2023/5/8 18:13:54 -0400, mark.reinhold at oracle.com:
> The following JEP is proposed to target JDK 21:
> 
>   443: Unnamed Patterns and Variables (Preview)
>        https://openjdk.org/jeps/443
> 
>   Summary: Enhance the Java language with unnamed patterns, which match
>   a record component without stating the component's name or type, and
>   unnamed variables, which can be initialized but not used.  Both are
>   denoted by an underscore character, _.  This is a preview language
>   feature.
> 
> Feedback on this proposal from JDK Project Committers and Reviewers [1]
> is more than welcome, as are reasoned objections.  If no such objections
> are raised by 23:59 UTC on Monday, 15 May, or if they’re raised and
> then satisfactorily answered, then per the JEP 2.0 process proposal [2]
> I’ll target this JEP to JDK 21.

Hearing no objections, I’ve targeted this JEP to JDK 21.

- Mark


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