* return to a caller, the code needs to a way to return {@code null} from a method that returns
   * "plain {@code T}." This API provides that.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({"nullness", "TypeParameterUnusedInFormals", "ReturnMissingNullable"})
  // The warnings are legitimate. Each time we use this method, we document why.
  @ParametricNullness
  static <T extends @Nullable Object> T uncheckedNull() {
    return null;
  }