I'll be interested in seeing the fallout of the (unavoidable) compat issue:

If I have a function that has a value `x` that erases to `java.lang.Object` (e.g. a parametric function with no lower bound); then it used to be safe to check for nullity and then synchronize on the object.

This is no longer safe: This can now throw `IdentityException` into your face. (it was _never_ a good idea)

In other words, a lot of old code must be reviewed.

I suspect that `-XX:DiagnoseSyncOnValueBasedClasses=2` will need to stay (with the semantics: if user tries to synchronize on identity-less object, then log a JFR event and make it a NOP, don't throw an exception)!

The current JEP text is a little too ambiguous to figure out whether that is the plan, anyways.

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watt 4 hours ago | parent [-]

You lost me at "I have a function that has a value `x`". How does function "have" a value?

	▲	porridgeraisin 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think they meant function that takes a value x as an argument.