Should setAccessible be part of Java or not? (was Re: It's not too late for access control)

[Andrew Haley]

On 14/07/16 09:59, Andrew Dinn wrote:
> If this aspect of how Java currently works is to be removed then I
> believe it needs to be done so on the basis of a publicly established
> consensus, preferably under the aegis of the JSR EG. It certainly does
> not seem right to me that  such a goal should be adopted by an
> implementation team without such consultation.

It goes much wider than Jigsaw: such a basic language change needs all
stakeholders to be consulted.  Most of them surely won't be reading
the Jigsaw list, yet will still be affected.

Andrew.