future2 = null;

    /*
     * Futures should be collected even if combiner never runs. This is kind of a silly test, since
     * the combiner is almost certain to hold its own reference to the futures, and a real app would
     * hold a reference to the executor and thus to the combiner. What we really care about is that
     * the futures are released once the combiner is done running. But we happen to provide this

 * is by declaring that step to be the last step of the pipeline. Nevertheless, we refer to the
 * "value" of a successful step or the "result" (value or exception) of any step.
 *
 * <ol>
 *   <li>A pipeline starts at its leaf step (or steps), which is created from either a callable
 *       block or a {@link ListenableFuture}.
 *   <li>Each other step is derived from one or more input steps. At each step, zero or more objects

   * Comparator}, which can violate the natural ordering. Using this method (or in general using
   * {@code Range}) with unnaturally-ordered maps can lead to unexpected and undefined behavior.
   *
   * @since 20.0
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // NavigableMap
  public static <K extends Comparable<? super K>, V extends @Nullable Object>