}

  private static final int DISTINCT_CHARS = Character.MAX_VALUE - Character.MIN_VALUE + 1;

  /**
   * This is the actual implementation of {@link #precomputed}, but we bounce calls through a method
   * on {@link Platform} so that we can have different behavior in GWT.
   *
   * <p>This implementation tries to be smart in a number of ways. It recognizes cases where the