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Diffstat (limited to 'src/library/scala/Symbol.scala')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/library/scala/Symbol.scala | 5 |
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diff --git a/src/library/scala/Symbol.scala b/src/library/scala/Symbol.scala index 723c05a30c..4fead7a50c 100644 --- a/src/library/scala/Symbol.scala +++ b/src/library/scala/Symbol.scala @@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ private[scala] abstract class UniquenessCache[K, V >: Null] val res = cached() if (res != null) res else { + // If we don't remove the old String key from the map, we can + // wind up with one String as the key and a different String as + // as the name field in the Symbol, which can lead to surprising + // GC behavior and duplicate Symbols. See SI-6706. + map remove name val sym = valueFromKey(name) map.put(name, new WeakReference(sym)) sym |