*       .compare(this.anEnum, that.anEnum, Ordering.natural().nullsLast())
 *       .result();
 * }
 * }
 *
 * <p>The value of this expression will have the same sign as the <i>first nonzero</i> comparison
 * result in the chain, or will be zero if every comparison result was zero.
 *
 * <p><b>Note:</b> {@code ComparisonChain} instances are <b>immutable</b>. For this utility to work

             * corresponds to the least significant nonzero byte in lw ^ rw, since lw and rw are
             * little-endian. Long.numberOfTrailingZeros(diff) tells us the least significant
             * nonzero bit, and zeroing out the first three bits of L.nTZ gives us the shift to get
             * that least significant nonzero byte.
             */
            int n = Long.numberOfTrailingZeros(lw ^ rw) & ~0x7;

 */
@GwtCompatible
public final class Comparators {
  private Comparators() {}

  /**
   * Returns a new comparator which sorts iterables by comparing corresponding elements pairwise
   * until a nonzero result is found; imposes "dictionary order." If the end of one iterable is
   * reached, but not the other, the shorter iterable is considered to be less than the longer one.

      if (expectedOldCount != 0) {
        return false;
      } else if (newCount == 0) {
        return true;
      } else {
        // if our write lost the race, it must have lost to a nonzero value, so we can stop
        return countMap.putIfAbsent(element, new AtomicInteger(newCount)) == null;
      }
    }
    int oldValue = existingCounter.get();
    if (oldValue == expectedOldCount) {

      if (expectedOldCount != 0) {
        return false;
      } else if (newCount == 0) {
        return true;
      } else {
        // if our write lost the race, it must have lost to a nonzero value, so we can stop
        return countMap.putIfAbsent(element, new AtomicInteger(newCount)) == null;
      }
    }
    int oldValue = existingCounter.get();
    if (oldValue == expectedOldCount) {

    return new CompoundOrdering<>(comparators);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new ordering which sorts iterables by comparing corresponding elements pairwise until
   * a nonzero result is found; imposes "dictionary order". If the end of one iterable is reached,
   * but not the other, the shorter iterable is considered to be less than the longer one. For