entries[srcIndex] = 0;

      // also need to update whoever's "next" pointer was pointing to the last entry place
      int tableIndex = smearedHash(object) & mask;
      int next = CompactHashing.tableGet(table, tableIndex);
      int srcNext = srcIndex + 1;
      if (next == srcNext) {
        // we need to update the root pointer
        CompactHashing.tableSet(table, tableIndex, dstIndex + 1);
      } else {

      entries[srcIndex] = 0;

      // also need to update whoever's "next" pointer was pointing to the last entry place
      int tableIndex = smearedHash(object) & mask;
      int next = CompactHashing.tableGet(table, tableIndex);
      int srcNext = srcIndex + 1;
      if (next == srcNext) {
        // we need to update the root pointer
        CompactHashing.tableSet(table, tableIndex, dstIndex + 1);
      } else {