I feel the same as David - reluctant to change anything. Introducing a raw type makes an ugly cast uglier.
*From: *David Holmes <david.hol...@oracle.com> > > > src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/ConcurrentSkipListMap.java > > As you note this should be ok'd by jsr166 folk so I've cc'd Martin > Buccholz. I dislike seeing a raw type introduced here though. > >