Github user ggevay commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/3511#discussion_r140663593
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flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/operators/sort/NormalizedKeySorter.java
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@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ public boolean write(T record) throws IOException {
// Access Utilities
//
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- private long readPointer(int logicalPosition) {
+ protected long readPointer(int logicalPosition) {
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Thanks, I've made them `protected final`:
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