// A corollary to all that is that we don't need to check isDone inside the loop because if we
    // get into the loop we know that we weren't done when we entered and therefore we aren't under
    // an obligation to execute 'immediately'.
    if (!isDone()) {
      Listener oldHead = listeners;
      if (oldHead != Listener.TOMBSTONE) {
        Listener newNode = new Listener(listener, executor);
        do {