On Nov 24, 2015, at 3:27 PM, Stuart Marks <stuart.ma...@oracle.com> wrote: > > But in the hypothetical value-typed future, we might want to return value > types from at least some of the factory methods. Value types have no notion > of identity, so we don't want to make any statements that lead to thinking > about the identity of the returned object, even to the extent of saying that > it "might" be the "same" instance as one previously returned. > > Based on this, it occurs to me that I should add the "value-based" disclaimer > to the relevant section of class doc. (I also note that, off-line, John Rose > had already prompted me to do this, so I should heed his advice.)
(Oh, there we go. Thanks!)