Github user StefanRRichter commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5908#discussion_r185729732 --- Diff: flink-streaming-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/api/operators/InternalTimer.java --- @@ -39,11 +40,18 @@ private final long timestamp; private final K key; private final N namespace; + private final String hashKey; --- End diff -- Why do we need this string key and not just use the normal hash code? If the answer is because you want to use it in `ConcurrentHashMap`, there are other ways to accomplish this.
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