Scott Violet wrote:

I think we should consider putting the code that dug out fields back :(
The important thing is none of our public API relies on it, so that you can persist any public classes in a sandbox without reflection hacks. Developers that want to use LTP to persist private fields, should be allowed to, assuming they have the right permissions.

Shannon Hickey wrote:

What do you think about reverting part of your change for compatibility reasons? That is, favor field access if you have the right permissions, otherwise use getters.