Re: classpath ./ChangeLog java/util/AbstractMap.jav...

[Eric Blake]

Brian Jones wrote:
> 
> I pretty much agree with Bryce, it does not hurt the public API and it
> keeps related classes together to use non-public classes in some
> packages.  It's pretty good design to make it such that classes within
> a package rely very little on classes outside the package.  The
> opposite makes managing the resultant code difficult, not to mention
> more fragile.

OK, I stand corrected.  In fact, I just committed
java.util.PropertyPermissionCollection, a non-public class required to
match Sun's serialization.  (I did not mean to start any flame wars;
thankfully this did not get out of hand).

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