Review Request CR#7118743 : Alternative Hashing for String with Hash-based Maps [private fields]

[Ulf Zibis]

Am 25.05.2012 22:30, schrieb Jeff Hain:
> Hello.
>
>> In HashMap, the class Holder should not declare the static final fields
>> 'private' because the compiler will generate an accessor in that case,
> I wasn't aware that making fields private could have a downside
> (other than making them non-visible).
>
> Could you, or anyone, please give (a link to) more info about this?
I'm interested too.

-Ulf