"Model 2" prototype status

[Stephen Colebourne]

On 3 August 2015 at 16:00, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com> wrote:
> Don't forget nullability is just an example here of the category of things
> that "classical" generics allow based on the assumption that type variables
> only quantify over reference types.

While true, I think it is fair to say it is likely to be the key one
that affects developers. Relatively few would call synchronized on an
arbitrary T, or wait(), or notify(). Whereas, assuming that T could be
null and setting it to null is a pretty common assumption (whether for
good or bad). That is why nulls will be an area I'll be watching
closely as the prototype develops, to attempt to tease out if the
right choice/balance/tradeoff is being made.

Stephen