Union[Literal["function", "request"], None],
        Doc(
            """
            Mainly for dependencies with `yield`, define when the dependency function
            should start (the code before `yield`) and when it should end (the code
            after `yield`).

            * `"function"`: start the dependency before the *path operation function*

      // (in startSignal.await()), and the others waiting for that thread's result.
      while (thread.isAlive() && thread.getState() != Thread.State.WAITING) {
        Thread.yield();
      }
    }
    gettersStartedSignal.countDown();
    gettersComplete.await();

    List<Object> resultList = Lists.newArrayListWithExpectedSize(nThreads);
    for (int i = 0; i < nThreads; i++) {

      // (in startSignal.await()), and the others waiting for that thread's result.
      while (thread.isAlive() && thread.getState() != Thread.State.WAITING) {
        Thread.yield();
      }
    }
    gettersStartedSignal.countDown();
    gettersComplete.await();

    List<Object> resultList = Lists.newArrayListWithExpectedSize(nThreads);
    for (int i = 0; i < nThreads; i++) {

  /**
   * Divides an iterator into unmodifiable sublists of the given size (the final list may be
   * smaller). For example, partitioning an iterator containing {@code [a, b, c, d, e]} with a
   * partition size of 3 yields {@code [[a, b, c], [d, e]]} -- an outer iterator containing two
   * inner lists of three and two elements, all in the original order.
   *
   * <p>The returned lists implement {@link java.util.RandomAccess}.
   *

     * the encoded path will have a trailing '/'.
     *
     * Popping "/a/b/c/" yields "/a/b/". In this case the list of path segments goes from ["a",
     * "b", "c", ""] to ["a", "b", ""].
     *
     * Popping "/a/b/c" also yields "/a/b/". The list of path segments goes from ["a", "b", "c"]
     * to ["a", "b", ""].
     */
    private fun pop() {

   * usually have much noticeable impact. A value of one permits only one thread to modify the cache
   * at a time, but since read operations and cache loading computations can proceed concurrently,
   * this still yields higher concurrency than full synchronization.
   *
   * <p>Defaults to 4. <b>Note:</b>The default may change in the future. If you care about this
   * value, you should always choose it explicitly.
   *

   * usually have much noticeable impact. A value of one permits only one thread to modify the cache
   * at a time, but since read operations and cache loading computations can proceed concurrently,
   * this still yields higher concurrency than full synchronization.
   *
   * <p>Defaults to 4. <b>Note:</b>The default may change in the future. If you care about this
   * value, you should always choose it explicitly.
   *