RFR: javac should not place initializers of null restricted fields before the super invocation [v3]

[Chen Liang]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 02:19:32 GMT, Vicente Romero <vromero at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Vicente Romero has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains three commits:
>> 
>>  - merge with bworld
>>  - Merge branch 'bworld' into non.null.initializers.run.after.super
>>  - initializers of non null fields are placed after super
>
> test/langtools/tools/javac/nullability/NullabilityCompilationTests.java line 597:
> 
>> 595:                 """
>> 596:                 class Test {
>> 597:                     Object! o = new Object();
> 
> this section was checking that non-nullable fields were strict

I thought we still want STRICT_INIT, we just don't want the early construction behavior to associate with this flag.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1990#discussion_r2742940109