Hello all; There's been a discussion on the lambda spec experts list (http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/lambda-spec-experts/) about adding a notice to the Optional classes about implications of their likely future as values. This discussion recently completed so now there's a doc patch to review:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mduigou/JDK-8028816/0/webrev/ I have already reviewed this but will hold off pushing it for a few hours in case someone notices a mistake that I did not. Mike