JEP 286: Local-Variable Type Inference: Usage

[Kevin Rushforth]

I filed:

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8200446

I'll send out a separate heads-up today (as we always do when requiring 
an update to our tool chain) and we can target this for next week if no 
objections.

-- Kevin


Kevin Rushforth wrote:
> As a prerequisite, we would need to update the minimum boot JDK to JDK 
> 10, which I was going to propose doing anyway -- it seems the right 
> time now that JDK 10 is out.
>
> I have no objections to then allowing the use of 'var' in new code.
>
> Do any others have any concerns?
>
> -- Kevin
>
>
> Nir Lisker wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> A style guide for usage of 'var' has been published at
>> http://openjdk.java.net/projects/amber/LVTIstyle.html. Can we start 
>> using
>> this feature in contributions to OpenJFX?
>>
>> - Nir
>>