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!)

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