case 1:
        return is(sequence.charAt(0));
      case 2:
        return isEither(sequence.charAt(0), sequence.charAt(1));
      default:
        // TODO(lowasser): is it potentially worth just going ahead and building a precomputed
        // matcher?
        return new AnyOf(sequence);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns a {@code char} matcher that matches any BMP character not present in the given

   * This is a big deal - we're talking factors of 2-8 in microbenchmarks, not just 10-20%. (This is
   * a hotspot optimizer bug, which should be fixed, but that's a separate, big project).
   *
   * The coding pattern above is heavily used in java.util, e.g. in ArrayList. There is a
   * RangeCheckMicroBenchmark in the JDK that was used to test this.
   *

  /** Constructor for use by subclasses. */
  protected AbstractFuture() {}

  // Gets and Timed Gets
  //
  // * Be responsive to interruption
  // * Don't create Waiter nodes if you aren't going to park, this helps reduce contention on the
  //   waiters field.
  // * Future completion is defined by when #value becomes non-null/non SetFuture
  // * Future completion can be observed if the waiters field contains a TOMBSTONE

   * This is a big deal - we're talking factors of 2-8 in microbenchmarks, not just 10-20%. (This is
   * a hotspot optimizer bug, which should be fixed, but that's a separate, big project).
   *
   * The coding pattern above is heavily used in java.util, e.g. in ArrayList. There is a
   * RangeCheckMicroBenchmark in the JDK that was used to test this.
   *