// moving the hole down. In most cases this reduces the number of
    // comparisons with toTrickle, but in some cases we will need to bubble it
    // all the way up again.
    int vacated = heap.fillHoleAt(index);
    // Try to see if toTrickle can be bubbled up min levels.
    int bubbledTo = heap.bubbleUpAlternatingLevels(vacated, toTrickle);
    if (bubbledTo == vacated) {

    // moving the hole down. In most cases this reduces the number of
    // comparisons with toTrickle, but in some cases we will need to bubble it
    // all the way up again.
    int vacated = heap.fillHoleAt(index);
    // Try to see if toTrickle can be bubbled up min levels.
    int bubbledTo = heap.bubbleUpAlternatingLevels(vacated, toTrickle);
    if (bubbledTo == vacated) {