Name: gsC80088 Date: 02/11/99


As of Java2 Hashtable overrides the equals(Object) method (as
required by the Map interface). Not only have the semantics
changed but the new method is synchronized which can easily
cause deadlocks in code that used to be thread-safe. I imagine
that this will stay the way it is, but you should at least
document it as one of the known incompatabilities at
http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/compatibility.html. (There's
some discusson of the changes in the Hashtable and Vector equals
methods but none of the synchronization problem.
(Review ID: 53568)
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