<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>This discussion is around making <i class="">classes</i> final by default. I also believe <i class="">methods</i> should be final by default but that is a separate discussion. Let’s stay focused on the discussion about classes in this thread.</div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>Sorry, I just noticed that the subject *does* discuss methods. The thread has been focused on classes for a while now and I had forgotten the subject line. If others really want to revive discussion around final by default for methods I will be happy to participate but I think it’s better to have separate threads if we’re going to do that in order to keep the conversation around each clear and focused.</div><br class=""><div class="">The survey and analysis I posted was specifically discussing ‘final by default’ for classes, not methods.</div></body></html>