This bug has come to my attention: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12317668/java-int-array-initializes-with-nonzero-elements
Basically there is a reproducible (by several people) situation where a new int array is not zeroed. The author reports the error is reproducible on HotSpot 64-bit server VM, Java version from 1.7.0_04 to 1.7.0_10 on Gentoo Linux, Debian Linux (both kernel 3.0 version) and MacOS Lion. (Not tested on 32-bit or Windows.)
Reportedly bug7196857 has been filed with Oracle.
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Dan Hicks
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