return current;
          }
        }
        // If we're still here, there was a race, so just try again.
      }
    }

    /**
     * Removes a number of occurrences of the specified element from this multiset. If the multiset
     * contains fewer than this number of occurrences to begin with, all occurrences will be
     * removed.
     *
     * @param element the element whose occurrences should be removed

            return current;
          }
        }
        // If we're still here, there was a race, so just try again.
      }
    }

    /**
     * Removes a number of occurrences of the specified element from this multiset. If the multiset
     * contains fewer than this number of occurrences to begin with, all occurrences will be
     * removed.
     *
     * @param element the element whose occurrences should be removed