2013/10/2 15:13 -0700, alan.bate...@oracle.com: > BTW: Is this important enough to attempt to do this late in 8? I just > wonder about a significant change like switching to weak references and > whether it would be more sensible to hold it back to do early in 9.
I share your concern. This is extraordinarily sensitive code. Now is not the time to rewrite it for JDK 8. - Mark