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Sealed Classes: Clarify treatment of `non-sealed` as a keyword

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      Currently the spec describes the string `non-sealed` as a reserved keyword. This means that according to the spec the following code should fail to compile:

      int test(int non, int sealed) {
        return non-sealed;
      }

      However, this code compiles correctly (with the preview enabled). The spec should be updated with a notion of *contextual keyword* to allow `non-sealed` to be considered a keyword only in the places where needed.

      See http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~gbierman/jep397/jep397-20201104/specs/contextual-keywords-jls.html

            dlsmith Dan Smith
            gbierman Gavin Bierman
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