* instead (but note that it does not guarantee which tied minimum element is returned).
   *
   * @param a value to compare, returned if less than or equal to the rest.
   * @param b value to compare
   * @param c value to compare
   * @param rest values to compare
   * @throws ClassCastException if the parameters are not <i>mutually comparable</i> under this
   *     ordering.
   */
  @ParametricNullness

   * @param b second value to compare.
   * @throws ClassCastException if the parameters are not <i>mutually comparable</i> using the given
   *     comparator.
   * @since 30.0
   */
  @ParametricNullness
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> T max(
      @ParametricNullness T a, @ParametricNullness T b, Comparator<? super T> comparator) {

   * instead (but note that it does not guarantee which tied minimum element is returned).
   *
   * @param a value to compare, returned if less than or equal to the rest.
   * @param b value to compare
   * @param c value to compare
   * @param rest values to compare
   * @throws ClassCastException if the parameters are not <i>mutually comparable</i> under this
   *     ordering.
   */
  @ParametricNullness

   * @param b second value to compare.
   * @throws ClassCastException if the parameters are not <i>mutually comparable</i> using the given
   *     comparator.
   * @since 30.0
   */
  @ParametricNullness
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> T max(
      @ParametricNullness T a, @ParametricNullness T b, Comparator<? super T> comparator) {

   * @return a negative value if {@code a} is less than {@code b}; a positive value if {@code a} is
   *     greater than {@code b}; or zero if they are equal
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("InlineMeInliner") // Integer.compare unavailable under GWT+J2CL
  public static int compare(long a, long b) {
    return Longs.compare(flip(a), flip(b));
  }

  /**
   * Returns the least value present in {@code array}, treating values as unsigned.
   *

  }

  /**
   * Compares the two specified {@code byte} values, treating them as unsigned values between 0 and
   * 255 inclusive. For example, {@code (byte) -127} is considered greater than {@code (byte) 127}
   * because it is seen as having the value of positive {@code 129}.
   *
   * @param a the first {@code byte} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code byte} to compare

      assertThat(comparator1.compare(left, right)).isEqualTo(0);
      assertThat(comparator2.compare(left, right)).isEqualTo(0);
      int i = rnd.nextInt(left.length);
      left[i] ^= (byte) (1 + rnd.nextInt(255));
      assertThat(signum(comparator1.compare(left, right)))
          .isEqualTo(signum(UnsignedBytes.compare(left[i], right[i])));
      assertThat(signum(comparator2.compare(left, right)))

      assertThat(comparator1.compare(left, right)).isEqualTo(0);
      assertThat(comparator2.compare(left, right)).isEqualTo(0);
      int i = rnd.nextInt(left.length);
      left[i] ^= (byte) (1 + rnd.nextInt(255));
      assertThat(signum(comparator1.compare(left, right)))
          .isEqualTo(signum(UnsignedBytes.compare(left[i], right[i])));
      assertThat(signum(comparator2.compare(left, right)))

   * @return a negative value if {@code a} is less than {@code b}; a positive value if {@code a} is
   *     greater than {@code b}; or zero if they are equal
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("InlineMeInliner") // Integer.compare unavailable under GWT+J2CL
  public static int compare(int a, int b) {
    return Ints.compare(flip(a), flip(b));
  }

  /**
   * Returns the value of the given {@code int} as a {@code long}, when treated as unsigned.
   *

#### Fix it with `secrets.compare_digest()` { #fix-it-with-secrets-compare-digest }

But in our code we are actually using `secrets.compare_digest()`.

In short, it will take the same time to compare `stanleyjobsox` to `stanleyjobson` than it takes to compare `johndoe` to `stanleyjobson`. And the same for the password.