Bug: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7167157 Review thread: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/serviceability-dev/2012-May/006024.html JDK8 changeset: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/0a1ef7e07e01 Thanks, /Staffan