@ParametricNullness V value) {
    if (value == null) {
      // This cast is safe because null is assignable to V for all V (i.e. it is bivariant)
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      ListenableFuture<V> typedNull = (ListenableFuture<V>) ImmediateFuture.NULL;
      return typedNull;
    }
    return new ImmediateFuture<>(value);
  }

  /**

import static com.google.common.util.concurrent.ClosingFuture.State.WILL_CREATE_VALUE_AND_CLOSER;
import static com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures.getDone;
import static com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures.immediateFuture;
import static com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures.nonCancellationPropagating;
import static com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors.directExecutor;

  private V getDoneValue(Object obj) throws ExecutionException {
    // While this seems like it might be too branch-y, simple benchmarking proves it to be
    // unmeasurable (comparing done AbstractFutures with immediateFuture)
    if (obj instanceof Cancellation) {
      throw cancellationExceptionWithCause("Task was cancelled.", ((Cancellation) obj).cause);
    } else if (obj instanceof Failure) {