RFR: 8312019: Simplify and modernize java.util.BitSet.equals

Wed Jul 19 17:18:40 UTC 2023

On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 15:10:45 GMT, Pavel Rappo <prappo at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > BitSet#equals
> 
> Did you mean BitSet#hashCode?

No. BitSet#equals uses the private fields and methods of its argument, which OO purists would never allow.
If the other is a subclass with a different private representation, this code would fail.
(Don't fix it!)

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14868#issuecomment-1642462274