On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 22:25:41 +0700, 2551phil said:
I’ve had my head stuck in the sand as far as APFS is concerned (I don’t have the hardware to test it)"
You could presumably test it in a VM, or using a spare old external drive or USB key, or even just create a disk image. You don't need an extra Mac whose boot disk can be wiped.