JEP 411, removal of finalizers, a path forward.

Andrew Haley aph at redhat.com
Mon Aug 2 12:14:12 UTC 2021


On 8/2/21 8:49 AM, Peter Firmstone wrote:
> If I fix that bug, will JEP 411 be cancelled?

No. The problem wasn't that we couldn't fix the [Speculative Execution
Vulnerabilities], more that any fix would be so invasive and pervasive
that it would severely hamper the whole platform.

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