2019/3/14 8:00:20 -0700, maurizio.cimadam...@oracle.com: > I second what Mandy says. > > First let me start by saying that this enhancement will be a great > addition to our platform; back in the days when I was teaching some Java > classes at the university, I was very aware of how hard it is to > diagnose a NPE for someone novel to Java programming.
Agreed! > ... > > I also think that the design space for such an enhancement is non > trivial, and would best be explored (and captured!) in a medium that is > something other than a patch. ... Agreed, also. Goetz -- if, per Mandy’s suggestion, you’re going to write something up using the JEP template, might I suggest that you then submit it as an actual JEP? Giving visibility to, and recording, such design-space explorations is one of the primary goals of the JEP process. - Mark
