From 84387bef8e1a4563e1a4792379724f1c33da5092 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zlatin Balevsky <zlatinb@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 12:35:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] clear out vals storage after retrieving value

---
 core/src/main/java/net/metanotion/util/skiplist/SkipSpan.java | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/net/metanotion/util/skiplist/SkipSpan.java b/core/src/main/java/net/metanotion/util/skiplist/SkipSpan.java
index 9ba69ca7..f54c2732 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/net/metanotion/util/skiplist/SkipSpan.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/net/metanotion/util/skiplist/SkipSpan.java
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ public abstract class SkipSpan {
 		int loc = binarySearch(key);
 		if(loc < 0) { return null; }
 		loadVals();
-		return vals[loc];
+		Object rv = vals[loc];
+		vals = null;
+		return rv;
 	}
 
 	private void pushTogether(int hole) {