OpenJDK plan would make Java coding easier

A new plan proposed for OpenJDK would give Java a local-variable type inference capability so that it's easier to write code while continuing with static type safety.
The measure was proposed earlier this month in JEP (JDK Enhancement Proposal (JEP) 286. Documentation currently does not cite a version of Java where the improvement would be featured.[ See InfoWorld's full coverage of Java at 20: The programming juggernaut rolls on | The JVM, Java's other big legacy | Its successes, failures, and