This message follows the RFC http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2013-August/019560.html posted on August 2.
The issue is http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=8010430. The proposed patch http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bpb/8010430/ has the effect of option (A) in the aforementioned RFC. Thanks, Brian