* sum that is used for purposes such as collecting statistics, not for fine-grained synchronization
 * control. Under low update contention, the two classes have similar characteristics. But under
 * high contention, expected throughput of this class is significantly higher, at the expense of
 * higher space consumption.
 *
 * <p>This class extends {@link Number}, but does not define methods such as {@code

The connection lock is never held while doing I/O (even closing a socket) to prevent contention.