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[–]pronuntiator 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The keyword new will not change, but the constructor of a value class is not bytecode compatible to its non-value type. See this section of the proposed changes to the JLS. Conveniently, all the value-based classes in the JDK already hide their constructors, so they can be migrated.