* compares, using {@link #compare(float, float)}), the first pair of values that follow any
   * common prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the
   * lesser. For example, {@code [] < [1.0f] < [1.0f, 2.0f] < [2.0f]}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays

   * the public domain, as explained at http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
   *
   * Other contributors include Andrew Wright, Jeffrey Hayes, Pat Fisher, Mike Judd.
   */

  /**
   * An implementation of {@link ExecutorService#invokeAny} for {@link ListeningExecutorService}
   * implementations.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({

 *   <li>Next, non-null {@code Foo} values are passed to {@code getBarFunction} (we will be
 *       comparing {@code Bar} values from now on)
 *   <li>Next, if only one {@code Bar} is null, that null value is treated as <i>lesser</i>
 *   <li>Finally, natural ordering is used (i.e. the result of {@code Bar.compareTo(Bar)} is
 *       returned)
 * </ol>
 *

   * compares, using {@link #compare(double, double)}), the first pair of values that follow any
   * common prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the
   * lesser. For example, {@code [] < [1.0] < [1.0, 2.0] < [2.0]}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays