<p>
The built-in functions <code>append</code> and <code>copy</code> assist in
common slice operations.
For both functions, the result is independent of whether the memory referenced
by the arguments overlaps.
</p>

<p>
The <a href="#Function_types">variadic</a> function <code>append</code>
appends zero or more values <code>x</code> to a slice <code>s</code> of

    assertThat(expected).hasMessageThat().contains("connected");

    // adjacent below
    assertEquals(Range.closedOpen(4, 4), range.intersection(Range.closedOpen(2, 4)));

    // overlap below
    assertEquals(Range.closed(4, 6), range.intersection(Range.closed(2, 6)));

    // enclosed with same start
    assertEquals(Range.closed(4, 6), range.intersection(Range.closed(4, 6)));

   * Overlapping ranges and empty ranges are forbidden, though adjacent ranges are permitted and
   * will be merged.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any ranges overlap or are empty
   * @since 21.0
   */
  public static <C extends Comparable<?>> ImmutableRangeSet<C> copyOf(Iterable<Range<C>> ranges) {
    return new ImmutableRangeSet.Builder<C>().addAll(ranges).build();
  }

    assertThat(expected).hasMessageThat().contains("connected");

    // adjacent below
    assertEquals(Range.closedOpen(4, 4), range.intersection(Range.closedOpen(2, 4)));

    // overlap below
    assertEquals(Range.closed(4, 6), range.intersection(Range.closed(2, 6)));

    // enclosed with same start
    assertEquals(Range.closed(4, 6), range.intersection(Range.closed(4, 6)));

      TYPE_PRIORITY, TYPE_RST_STREAM, TYPE_GOAWAY, TYPE_WINDOW_UPDATE -> return BINARY[flags]
    }
    val result = if (flags < FLAGS.size) FLAGS[flags]!! else BINARY[flags]
    // Special case types that have overlap flag values.
    return when {
      type == TYPE_PUSH_PROMISE && flags and FLAG_END_PUSH_PROMISE != 0 -> {
        result.replace("HEADERS", "PUSH_PROMISE") // TODO: Avoid allocation.
      }

   * Overlapping ranges and empty ranges are forbidden, though adjacent ranges are permitted and
   * will be merged.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any ranges overlap or are empty
   * @since 21.0
   */
  public static <C extends Comparable<?>> ImmutableRangeSet<C> copyOf(Iterable<Range<C>> ranges) {
    return new ImmutableRangeSet.Builder<C>().addAll(ranges).build();
  }

Also, the best approach was to use already existing standards.

So, before even starting to code **FastAPI**, I spent several months studying the specs for OpenAPI, JSON Schema, OAuth2, etc. Understanding their relationship, overlap, and differences.

## Design { #design }

Then I spent some time designing the developer "API" I wanted to have as a user (as a developer using FastAPI).

 *
 * Mappings Data (4,719 bytes)
 * ===========================
 *
 * This is UTF-8 character data. It is indexed into by b2b3 in the ranges dataset.
 *
 * Mappings may overlap.
 *
 * ASCII-Only
 * ==========
 *
 * Neither the section index nor the ranges data use bit 0x80 anywhere. That means the data is

// The copy built-in function copies elements from a source slice into a
// destination slice. (As a special case, it also will copy bytes from a
// string to a slice of bytes.) The source and destination may overlap. Copy
// returns the number of elements copied, which will be the minimum of
// len(src) and len(dst).
func copy(dst, src []Type) int

// The delete built-in function deletes the element with the specified key

	switch {
	case !utf8Valid1 || !utf8Valid2:
		// Name and Comment definitely not UTF-8.
		f.NonUTF8 = true
	case !utf8Require1 && !utf8Require2:
		// Name and Comment use only single-byte runes that overlap with UTF-8.
		f.NonUTF8 = false
	default:
		// Might be UTF-8, might be some other encoding; preserve existing flag.
		// Some ZIP writers use UTF-8 encoding without setting the UTF-8 flag.