The architects are wary about introducing new syntax into the Language. If it can be accomplished with an API, it should be done that way. Also, this keyword wo

The architects are wary about introducing new syntax into the Language. If it can be accomplished with an API, it should be done that way. Also, this keyword would probably use something like ComputedConstants in the background, and doing it this way would sweep that under the rug, which is also generally not how most Java features work. The delayed nature of this initialization is also not explicitly highlighted (unlike the lambda we would have to use with ComputedConstants), which will eventually bite people.