static final int ATTR_COMPRESSED       = 0x800;
    static final int ATTR_NORMAL           = 0x080;
    static final int ATTR_TEMPORARY        = 0x100;

    static final int ATTR_GET_MASK = 0x7FFF; /* orig 0x7fff */
    static final int ATTR_SET_MASK = 0x30A7; /* orig 0x0027 */

    static final int DEFAULT_ATTR_EXPIRATION_PERIOD = 5000;

    static final int HASH_DOT     = ".".hashCode();

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<pre>
^1         // untyped integer constant, equal to -2
uint8(^1)  // illegal: same as uint8(-2), -2 cannot be represented as a uint8
^uint8(1)  // typed uint8 constant, same as 0xFF ^ uint8(1) = uint8(0xFE)
int8(^1)   // same as int8(-2)
^int8(1)   // same as -1 ^ int8(1) = -2
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<p>
Implementation restriction: A compiler may use rounding while