Valhalla breaks minimal-j framework

[Bruno Eberhard]

Am 01.12.2025 um 22:00 schrieb Ethan McCue:
> On that note, i'd say you have somewhat of a bigger problem w.r.t. enums
> [..]
> As with all things in jdk.unsupported, I can't help but wonder if there 
> are any VM level invariants you run afoul of by making extra enum 
> instances. 

I don't know about the VM internals. I did never run into problems with 
these extra enums.

> My first stab at #2 is to add something like this record [..]
Thank you for your input. I have to try this.

> I think it's also worth asking - do you have any usage statistics on 
> your library? (Maven central used to offer download stats, etc.) If you 
> are going to be broken anyways it is probably useful to know the blast 
> radius.

Very good point. As far as I know minimal-j is only used by me for a 
smaller and one bigger App. In the bigger App ( An ERP called 
lisheane.ch , currently only available in german ) I invested quite some 
time. I would have to rewrite parts of it.

So the world will not be standing still if minimal-j doesn't work 
anymore or has to be changed.

I would still like the idea of field references ( Person::name , 
Person::address::city ) in the java language as equivalent for the $ 
constant. It is really nice to use. But I don't have the knowledge how 
to add it to the language or how to propose the feature.