val vs final far

[Mati Urban]

Quick question: val Lombok feature has a note on it:

NEW in Lombok 1.18.22: val gets replaced with final var.

From how I read it, it means that if I use Lombok >= 1.18.22 I should use  final var   now, am I wrong?

Thanks in advance!

[Rawi]

No, you can still use val, but if you delombok your code it will be replaced with final var instead of the inferred type. We changed this to fix a bunch of bugs and simplify our code. If you are still using an old java version, lombok will use the inferred types as shown on the example page.

[Mati Urban]

Thank you very much, Rawi, that solves my issue!

However, I'd like to suggest change in documentation to include that detail: otherwise there may be more confused people like me :)

Have a wonderful day!