Merge branch '2.8'
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 170fed2..c9d34dc 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@
#304: Optimize `NumberOutput.outputLong()` method
-2.8.3 (not yet released)
+2.8.4 (14-Oct-2016)
+
+No changes since 2.8.3
+
+2.8.3 (17-Sep-2016)
#318: Add support for writing `byte[]` via `JsonGenerator.writeEmbeddedObject()`
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonParser.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonParser.java
index 661cad8..36c7df5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonParser.java
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@
* means that it may or may not exist
*/
public abstract boolean hasTextCharacters();
-
+
/*
/**********************************************************
/* Public API, access to token information, numeric