*     .collect(least(2, comparingInt(String::length)))
   * // returns {"foo", "quux"}
   * }</pre>
   *
   * <p>This {@code Collector} uses O(k) memory and takes expected time O(n) (worst-case O(n log
   * k)), as opposed to e.g. {@code Stream.sorted(comparator).limit(k)}, which currently takes O(n
   * log n) time and O(n) space.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code k < 0}

      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Marks the given node as 'deleted' (null waiter) and then scans the list to unlink all deleted
   * nodes. This is an O(n) operation in the common case (and O(n^2) in the worst), but we are saved
   * by two things.
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>This is only called when a waiting thread times out or is interrupted. Both of which
   *       should be rare.