[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 8287132: Retire Runtime.runFinalizersOnExit so that it always throws UOE

[Thorsten Glaser]

On Fri, 29 Jul 2022, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:

> The risk of code (yeah I know you did not find any) calling that
> setter (and not liking the exception for example in startup thread) is
> real, there is no reason to add more incompatibility risk to 8u. Just
> remove it for new releases.

Good point! Same applies for Debian old*stable, where 8u enters as a
security update and therefore is supposed to not break things.

> Making this a Nop is perfectly within its original spec. (And less
> code than the throw)

All the better ;)

bye,
//mirabilos
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