// non-null instance of Ordering.natural().
  // (cpovirk: Is sortedDelegate's comparator really ever null?)
  // The comparator will likely also differ because of our nullAccepting hack.
  // See the bottom of the file for more information about it.
  private final transient Comparator<? super K> comparator;

  ImmutableSortedMap(SortedMap<K, V> delegate, Comparator<? super K> comparator) {
    super(delegate);