* of the code may not be readable by older versions of the code (e.g., a serialized Bloom filter
 * generated today may <i>not</i> be readable by a binary that was compiled 6 months ago).
 *
 * <p>As of Guava 23.0, this class is thread-safe and lock-free. It internally uses atomics and
 * compare-and-swap to ensure correctness when multiple threads are used to access it.
 *