* The new array contains nulls, even if the old array did not. If we wanted to be accurate, we
   * would declare a return type of `@Nullable T[]`. However, we've decided not to think too hard
   * about arrays for now, as they're a mess. (We previously discussed this in the review of
   * ObjectArrays, which is the main caller of this method.)
   */
  static <T extends @Nullable Object> T[] newArray(T[] reference, int length) {

   * The new array contains nulls, even if the old array did not. If we wanted to be accurate, we
   * would declare a return type of `@Nullable T[]`. However, we've decided not to think too hard
   * about arrays for now, as they're a mess. (We previously discussed this in the review of
   * ObjectArrays, which is the main caller of this method.)
   */
  static <T extends @Nullable Object> T[] newArray(T[] reference, int length) {

    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
    for arg do
        if
            case $arg in                                #(
              -*)   false ;;                            # don't mess with options #(
              /?*)  t=${arg#/} t=/${t%%/*}              # looks like a POSIX filepath
                    [ -e "$t" ] ;;                      #(
              *)    false ;;
            esac
        then

   * covariant, would still permit a plain `T[]`) and return a plain `T[]`. But of course that would
   * require its own suppression, since it is also unsound. toArray(T[]) is just a mess from a
   * nullness perspective. The signature below at least has the virtue of being relatively simple.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("nullness")
  public final <T extends @Nullable Object> T[] toArray(T[] other) {

   * covariant, would still permit a plain `T[]`) and return a plain `T[]`. But of course that would
   * require its own suppression, since it is also unsound. toArray(T[]) is just a mess from a
   * nullness perspective. The signature below at least has the virtue of being relatively simple.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("nullness")
  public final <T extends @Nullable Object> T[] toArray(T[] other) {

     *   lock.unlock();
     * }
     *
     * If we only held the int[] stripes, translating it on the fly to L's, the original locks might
     * be garbage collected after locking them, ending up in a huge mess.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // we carefully replaced all keys with their respective L's
    List<L> asStripes = (List<L>) result;
    return Collections.unmodifiableList(asStripes);
  }

# Do not do this. If enabled protobuf's core internal target 
# @com_google_protobuf//python:protobuf_python will start depending on a bunch
# of cc_binary shared libraries artifacts, which will mess with how we link 
# protobuf dependencies ourselves. By default this value is false, but some 
# projects enable it, which we don't want here.
# build --define=use_fast_cpp_protos=true

 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0 (implements {@code NavigableSet} since 12.0)
 */
// TODO(benyu): benchmark and optimize all creation paths, which are a mess now
@GwtCompatible
@SuppressWarnings("serial") // we're overriding default serialization
public abstract class ImmutableSortedSet<E> extends ImmutableSet<E>
    implements NavigableSet<E>, SortedIterable<E> {
  /**