RFR: JDK-8134373: explore potential uses of convenience factories within the JDK

[Stephen Colebourne]

On 6 October 2016 at 00:00, Stuart Marks <stuart.marks at oracle.com> wrote:
>> I think you should perform no change to DateTimeFormatter (other than
>> a comment) as part of this changeset. The behaviour of that
>> DateTimeFormatter method is subtle, and I now suspect that what we
>> have there might be the best option.
>
> I had recommended removing the comment from DateTimeFormatter, but if
> Stephen wants the comment in, that's fine with me. In fact I'll defer to
> what Stephen (and Roger Riggs) want with this code, since they're the
> maintainers.

I think it makes sense to leave the new comment in. All further change
should be under 8167222.

Stephen