// Warning to maintainers: this implementation is highly optimized.
    int utf16Length = sequence.length();
    int utf8Length = utf16Length;
    int i = 0;

    // This loop optimizes for pure ASCII.
    while (i < utf16Length && sequence.charAt(i) < 0x80) {
      i++;
    }

    // This loop optimizes for chars less than 0x800.
    for (; i < utf16Length; i++) {
      char c = sequence.charAt(i);

 *
 * @author Kevin Damm
 * @author Kyle Maddison
 */
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
final class LittleEndianByteArray {

  /** The instance that actually does the work; delegates to Unsafe or a pure-Java fallback. */
  private static final LittleEndianBytes byteArray;

  /**
   * Load 8 bytes into long in a little endian manner, from the substring between position and

    // Warning to maintainers: this implementation is highly optimized.
    int utf16Length = sequence.length();
    int utf8Length = utf16Length;
    int i = 0;

    // This loop optimizes for pure ASCII.
    while (i < utf16Length && sequence.charAt(i) < 0x80) {
      i++;
    }

    // This loop optimizes for chars less than 0x800.
    for (; i < utf16Length; i++) {
      char c = sequence.charAt(i);