> -1.
> 
> Backward compatibility is the main concern. [collection] is widely used. If 
> the package is reorged, existing users (including Struts and Tomcat?) can't 
> upgrade to new releases without substantial changes.
> 
> Besides, the [collection] package is not that big, compared to say java.util.*.

Mind you, many people would consider that java.util is pretty badly
organised.

I agree that the inconvenience to users needs to be carefully weighed
up. Sun has made the decision to keep java.util together instead of
splitting it into java.collections, java.time, etc. I think that
decision was a good one, but that doesn't necessarily make it a good
design. :-)

Rich

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