* which the elements are provided to the method.
   *
   * @param anElement one of the elements the set should contain
   * @param otherElements the rest of the elements the set should contain
   * @return an immutable set containing those elements, minus duplicates
   */
  // http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=3028

  //
  // A consequence of these requirements is that the delegate futures cannot be stored in
  // final fields.
  //
  // For simplicity the rest of this description will discuss Futures.catching since it is the
  // simplest instance, though very similar descriptions apply to many other classes in this file.
  //