--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/AbstractStringBuilder.java	2019-04-10 18:51:17.337807700 -0400
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/AbstractStringBuilder.java	2019-04-10 18:51:16.421716100 -0400
@@ -92,57 +92,19 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs an AbstractStringBuilder that contains the same characters
-     * as the specified {@code String}. The initial capacity of
-     * the string builder is {@code 16} plus the length of the
-     * {@code String} argument.
-     *
-     * @param      str   the string to copy.
+     * Creates an AbstractStringBuilder with the specified coder and with
+     * the initial capacity equal to the smaller of (length + addition)
+     * and Integer.MAX_VALUE.
      */
-    AbstractStringBuilder(String str) {
-        int length = str.length();
-        int capacity = (length < Integer.MAX_VALUE - 16)
-                ? length + 16 : Integer.MAX_VALUE;
-        final byte initCoder = str.coder();
-        coder = initCoder;
-        value = (initCoder == LATIN1)
-                ? new byte[capacity] : StringUTF16.newBytesFor(capacity);
-        append(str);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Constructs an AbstractStringBuilder that contains the same characters
-     * as the specified {@code CharSequence}. The initial capacity of
-     * the string builder is {@code 16} plus the length of the
-     * {@code CharSequence} argument.
-     *
-     * @param      seq   the sequence to copy.
-     */
-    AbstractStringBuilder(CharSequence seq) {
-        int length = seq.length();
+    AbstractStringBuilder(byte coder, int length, int addition) {
         if (length < 0) {
             throw new NegativeArraySizeException("Negative length: " + length);
         }
-        int capacity = (length < Integer.MAX_VALUE - 16)
-                ? length + 16 : Integer.MAX_VALUE;
-
-        final byte initCoder;
-        if (COMPACT_STRINGS) {
-            if (seq instanceof AbstractStringBuilder) {
-                initCoder = ((AbstractStringBuilder)seq).getCoder();
-            } else if (seq instanceof String) {
-                initCoder = ((String)seq).coder();
-            } else {
-                initCoder = LATIN1;
-            }
-        } else {
-            initCoder = UTF16;
-        }
-
-        coder = initCoder;
-        value = (initCoder == LATIN1)
+        this.coder = coder;
+        int capacity = (length < Integer.MAX_VALUE - addition)
+                ? length + addition : Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+        value = (coder == LATIN1)
                 ? new byte[capacity] : StringUTF16.newBytesFor(capacity);
-        append(seq);
     }
 
     /**