* annotation implies nothing about the quality or performance of the API in question, only the fact
 * that it is not "API-frozen."
 *
 * <p>It is generally safe for <i>applications</i> to depend on beta APIs, at the cost of some extra
 * work during upgrades. However it is generally inadvisable for <i>libraries</i> (which get
 * included on users' CLASSPATHs, outside the library developers' control) to do so.

 * annotation implies nothing about the quality or performance of the API in question, only the fact
 * that it is not "API-frozen."
 *
 * <p>It is generally safe for <i>applications</i> to depend on beta APIs, at the cost of some extra
 * work during upgrades. However it is generally inadvisable for <i>libraries</i> (which get
 * included on users' CLASSPATHs, outside the library developers' control) to do so.

/**
 * A {@code double} value that may be updated atomically. See the {@link
 * java.util.concurrent.atomic} package specification for description of the properties of atomic
 * variables. An {@code AtomicDouble} is used in applications such as atomic accumulation, and
 * cannot be used as a replacement for a {@link Double}. However, this class does extend {@code
 * Number} to allow uniform access by tools and utilities that deal with numerically-based classes.

for it.

If the feature has merit, it will go through a thorough process of API design
and review. Any code should come after this.

[APIs]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface
[issue]: https://github.com/google/guava/issues

Pull requests
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Unless the change is a trivial fix such as for a typo, it's generally best to

  /**
   * Returns an exception handler that exits the system. This is particularly useful for the main
   * thread, which may start up other, non-daemon threads, but fail to fully initialize the
   * application successfully.
   *
   * <p>Example usage:
   *
   * <pre>
   * public static void main(String[] args) {
   *   Thread.currentThread().setUncaughtExceptionHandler(UncaughtExceptionHandlers.systemExit());
   *   ...

 * loader and prevent it from being garbage collected. This poses a problem for environments where
 * you want to throw away the class loader. For example, dynamically reloading a web application or
 * unloading an OSGi bundle.
 *
 * <p>{@code com.google.common.base.FinalizableReferenceQueue} loads this class in its own class
 * loader. That way, this class doesn't prevent the main class loader from getting garbage

 * loader and prevent it from being garbage collected. This poses a problem for environments where
 * you want to throw away the class loader. For example, dynamically reloading a web application or
 * unloading an OSGi bundle.
 *
 * <p>{@code com.google.common.base.FinalizableReferenceQueue} loads this class in its own class
 * loader. That way, this class doesn't prevent the main class loader from getting garbage