return least(k, comparator.reversed());
  }

  /**
   * Returns the minimum of the two values. If the values compare as 0, the first is returned.
   *
   * <p>The recommended solution for finding the {@code minimum} of some values depends on the type
   * of your data and the number of elements you have. Read more in the Guava User Guide article on

    // when deep chains of futures exist resulting in a StackOverflowException. We could detect
    // arbitrary cycles using a thread local but this should be a good enough solution (it is also
    // what jdk collections do in these cases)
    try {
      if (o == this) {
        builder.append("this future");
      } else {
        builder.append(o);
      }