return CompactHashSet.create();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new array of the given length with the same type as a reference array.
   *
   * @param reference any array of the desired type
   * @param length the length of the new array
   */
  /*
   * The new array contains nulls, even if the old array did not. If we wanted to be accurate, we

    return Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
  }

  static <T> T[] newArray(T[] reference, int length) {
    T[] empty = reference.length == 0 ? reference : Arrays.copyOf(reference, 0);
    return Arrays.copyOf(empty, length);
  }

  /** Equivalent to Arrays.copyOfRange(source, from, to, arrayOfType.getClass()). */
  static <T> T[] copy(Object[] source, int from, int to, T[] arrayOfType) {

 *
 * @author Jesse Wilson
 */
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
final class Platform {
  private Platform() {}

  /** Returns a thread-local 1024-char array. */
  static char[] charBufferFromThreadLocal() {
    // requireNonNull accommodates Android's @RecentlyNullable annotation on ThreadLocal.get
    return requireNonNull(DEST_TL.get());
  }

  /**