*     throw new IllegalArgumentException("input is negative: " + value);
 *   }
 *   // calculate square root
 * }
 * }
 *
 * <p>to be replaced with the more compact
 *
 * {@snippet :
 * public static double sqrt(double value) {
 *   checkArgument(value >= 0, "input is negative: %s", value);
 *   // calculate square root
 * }
 * }
 *
 * <p>so that a hypothetical bad caller of this method, such as:
 *