On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 11:31:33 GMT, yosbits <github.com+7517141+yos...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> wondering why the implementation with the BitSet was choosen at all? >> Certainly feels like a detour, so what are the >> corner cases that I'm too blind to see? > > I can't answer(, but my intuition is a pattern of lack of skill). > Officially, I don't know because the history is interrupted. digging a bit: the BitSet was introduced with https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8093144 to solve some problem with selectionModels - don't know whether those still hold (there had been extensive changes to selection since then). ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/305