*       than MEDIUM. And so on. These constants are set to conservative values, but even so, if
 *       there is ever any doubt, they can all be increased in one spot to rerun tests on slower
 *       platforms.
 *   <li>All threads generated must be joined inside each test case method (or {@code fail} to do
 *       so) before returning from the method. The {@code joinPool} method can be used to do this

 *       than MEDIUM. And so on. These constants are set to conservative values, but even so, if
 *       there is ever any doubt, they can all be increased in one spot to rerun tests on slower
 *       platforms.
 *   <li>All threads generated must be joined inside each test case method (or {@code fail} to do
 *       so) before returning from the method. The {@code joinPool} method can be used to do this

   * than this method, and this method in turn generally performs better than copying the list and
   * calling {@link Collections#sort(List)}.
   */
  // TODO(kevinb): rerun benchmarks including new options
  @SuppressWarnings("nullness") // TODO: b/316358623 - Remove after checker fix.
  public <E extends T> List<E> sortedCopy(Iterable<E> elements) {