// way for it to return a false negative would be for the target value to jump around in the map
    // such that none of the subsequent iterations observed it, despite the fact that at every point
    // in time it was present somewhere int the map. This becomes increasingly unlikely as
    // CONTAINS_VALUE_RETRIES increases, though without locking it is theoretically possible.
    Segment<K, V, E, S>[] segments = this.segments;
    long last = -1L;