John Rose explained how our patching algorithm is supposed to work. This information is much too useful to languish in an email. http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~aph/8210972/ -- Andrew Haley Java Platform Lead Engineer Red Hat UK Ltd. <https://www.redhat.com> EAC8 43EB D3EF DB98 CC77 2FAD A5CD 6035 332F A671