Java’s biggest language change in a decade is finally landing. It took 197,000 lines of code.
TL;DR Project Valhalla’s value classes are heading to JDK 28, a 197,000-line change that rewrites how Java handles object identity. Oracle software engineer Lois Foltan has confirmed that Java Enhancement Proposal 401, which introduces value classes and objects to the language, will be integrated in
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TL;DR Project Valhalla’s value classes are heading to JDK 28, a 197,000-line change that rewrites how Java handles object identity. Oracle software engineer Lois Foltan has confirmed that Java Enhancement Proposal 401, which introduces value classes and objects to the language, will be integrated in
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