I tracked down more explanation in this message on the mailing list: https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/amber-spec-observers/2024-April/004358.html https://mail

I tracked down more explanation in this message on the mailing list: https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/amber-spec-observers/2024-April/004358.html https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/amber-spec-observers/2024... It sounds like they are intending to rethink the design and that it may return in a different form in the future, but won't be in JDK 23.