* equivalence of instances.
 *
 * <p><b>Warning:</b> The comparison must be <i>consistent with equals</i> as explained by the
 * {@link Comparable} class specification. Otherwise, the resulting multiset will violate the {@link
 * java.util.Collection} contract, which is specified in terms of {@link Object#equals}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=

 * equivalence of instances.
 *
 * <p><b>Warning:</b> The comparison must be <i>consistent with equals</i> as explained by the
 * {@link Comparable} class specification. Otherwise, the resulting multiset will violate the {@link
 * java.util.Collection} contract, which is specified in terms of {@link Object#equals}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=

   * <p><b>Warning:</b> {@code Range}s always represent a range of values using the values' natural
   * ordering. {@code NavigableMap} on the other hand can specify a custom ordering via a {@link
   * Comparator}, which can violate the natural ordering. Using this method (or in general using
   * {@code Range}) with unnaturally-ordered maps can lead to unexpected and undefined behavior.
   *
   * @since 20.0
   */

and accessible through the <a href="#Import_declarations">import path</a> <code>"unsafe"</code>,
provides facilities for low-level programming including operations
that violate the type system. A package using <code>unsafe</code>
must be vetted manually for type safety and may not be portable.
The package provides the following interface:
</p>

<pre class="grammar">
package unsafe