Github user StefanRRichter commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5423#discussion_r167621132
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flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/io/network/buffer/Buffer.java
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@@ -60,12 +60,20 @@
void tagAsEvent();
/**
- * Returns the underlying memory segment.
+ * Returns the underlying memory segment. This method is dangerous
since it ignores read only protections and omits
+ * slices. Use it only along the {@link #getMemorySegmentOffset()}.
*
* @return the memory segment backing this buffer
*/
+ @Deprecated
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You should name the proper replacement for this deprecated method in the
comment, or say that it will be eventually removed without replacement.
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