sortedElements[uniques] = sortedElements[i];
          uniques++;
        }
      }
      Arrays.fill(sortedElements, uniques, length, null);
      if (maybeExpand && uniques * 4 > length * 3) {
        // lots of nonduplicated elements, expand the array by 50%
        sortedElements =
            Arrays.copyOf(sortedElements, IntMath.saturatedAdd(length, length / 2 + 1));
      }