src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp

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            "show method handle implementation frames (usually hidden)")      \
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    experimental(bool, TrustFinalNonStaticFields, false,                      \
            "trust final non-static declarations for constant folding")       \
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+   diagnostic(bool, CheckFinalFieldModifications, true,                      \
+           "Check that final fields are modified only in initializers. "     \
+           "For compatibility reasons, the check has an effect only "        \
+           "for classfile version >= 52")                                    \
+                                                                             \
    diagnostic(bool, FoldStableValues, true,                                  \
            "Optimize loads from stable fields (marked w/ @Stable)")          \
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    develop(bool, TraceInvokeDynamic, false,                                  \
            "trace internal invoke dynamic operations")                       \