*
   * <p>Among the improvements that this method and {@code LoadingCache.get(K)} both provide are:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@linkplain LoadingCache#get(Object) awaiting the result of a pending load} rather than
   *       starting a redundant one
   *   <li>eliminating the error-prone caching boilerplate
   *   <li>tracking load {@linkplain #stats statistics}
   * </ul>
   *

   * tasks. Second, the returned list will always be empty, as any submitted task is considered to
   * have started execution. This applies also to tasks given to {@code invokeAll} or {@code
   * invokeAny} which are pending serial execution, even the subset of the tasks that have not yet
   * started execution. It is unclear from the {@code ExecutorService} specification if these should

   *
   * <p>Among the improvements that this method and {@code LoadingCache.get(K)} both provide are:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@linkplain LoadingCache#get(Object) awaiting the result of a pending load} rather than
   *       starting a redundant one
   *   <li>eliminating the error-prone caching boilerplate
   *   <li>tracking load {@linkplain #stats statistics}
   * </ul>
   *

   * tasks. Second, the returned list will always be empty, as any submitted task is considered to
   * have started execution. This applies also to tasks given to {@code invokeAll} or {@code
   * invokeAny} which are pending serial execution, even the subset of the tasks that have not yet
   * started execution. It is unclear from the {@code ExecutorService} specification if these should

@J2ktIncompatible
@GwtIncompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
abstract class LineBuffer {
  /** Holds partial line contents. */
  private StringBuilder line = new StringBuilder();
  /** Whether a line ending with a CR is pending processing. */
  private boolean sawReturn;

  /**
   * Process additional characters from the stream. When a line separator is found the contents of

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