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    Yes it might be worth looking at the possible null reference
    warnings. Maybe file an umbrella Task to look through the warnings
    and decide what to do with them? I don't think I like the
    "SuppressWarnings" as one of the remedies, but we can discuss that
    further once we have a list.<br>
    <br>
    -- Kevin<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/4/2023 9:12 AM, Andy Goryachev
      wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16"">The last
            two are just unnecessary code, I see no problems turning
            this warning off.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16"">But the
            'potential null access' one, though being a bit overeager,
            might warrant a deeper scrutiny, as it might point to real
            bugs.  I would suggest to turn this warning on and fix or
            mark the occurences with "SuppressWarning" where
            appropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16"">But you
            do have a good point about review cycles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16"">-andy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
                  </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">openjfx-dev
                  <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:openjfx-dev-retn@openjdk.org"><openjfx-dev-retn@openjdk.org></a> on behalf of
                  Kevin Rushforth <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kevin.rushforth@oracle.com"><kevin.rushforth@oracle.com></a><br>
                  <b>Date: </b>Monday, December 4, 2023 at 09:05<br>
                  <b>To: </b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:openjfx-dev@openjdk.org">openjfx-dev@openjdk.org</a>
                  <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:openjfx-dev@openjdk.org"><openjfx-dev@openjdk.org></a><br>
                  <b>Subject: </b>Re: eclipse warnings</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">We did a
              few of these sort of cleanup fixes a year or so ago.<br>
              <br>
              In general, this sort of cleanup *might* be useful, but
              also causes some code churn and takes review cycles to
              ensure that there is no unintentional side effect.<br>
              <br>
              The last two might be OK cleanup tasks, but I wouldn't
              make them a high priority. Worth noting is that a
              seemingly redundant null check or instanceof check is not
              always a bad thing, so I wouldn't clean up all of them.<br>
              <br>
              The first group is the more interesting one. In some cases
              a potential null access can highlight actual bugs.
              However, I oppose any automated solution for these, since
              adding a null check where you don't expect a null (even if
              you IDE thinks it might be possible) can hide the root
              cause of a problem.<br>
              <br>
              We aren't going to enforce these, though, so you'll likely
              need to configure your IDE to be less picky.<br>
              <br>
              -- Kevin<br>
              <br>
              <o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">On 12/4/2023 8:34 AM, Andy Goryachev
                wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16"">Dear
                  colleagues:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16"">Imported
                  the openjfx project into another workspace with a more
                  stringent error checking and discovered a few issues:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16"">potential
                    null pointer access: 295</span><o:p></o:p></li>
                <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16"">unnecessary
                    cast or instanceof: 190</span><o:p></o:p></li>
                <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16"">redundant
                    null check: 61</span><o:p></o:p></li>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16"">Do
                  we want to clean these up?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16"">-andy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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