Index: lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MultiTermsEnum.java
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--- lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MultiTermsEnum.java	(revision 1050659)
+++ lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MultiTermsEnum.java	(working copy)
@@ -442,10 +442,13 @@
   }
 
   private final static class TermsEnumWithSlice {
-    private final ReaderUtil.Slice subSlice;
-    private TermsEnum terms;
+    public final ReaderUtil.Slice subSlice;
+    public TermsEnum terms;
     public BytesRef current;
 
+    /** initially null, settable by clients for reuse */
+    public BulkPostingsEnum bulkPostings;
+
     public TermsEnumWithSlice(ReaderUtil.Slice subSlice) {
       this.subSlice = subSlice;
       assert subSlice.length >= 0: "length=" + subSlice.length;