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#### Merging pull requests ####

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pull requests directly into the master branch. Instead, once a pull request is
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    checkNotNull(mergeFunction, "mergeFunction");

    /*
     * No mutable Table exactly matches the insertion order behavior of ImmutableTable.Builder, but
     * the Builder can't efficiently support merging of duplicate values.  Getting around this
     * requires some work.
     */

    return Collector.of(
        ImmutableTableCollectorState<R, C, V>::new,
        (state, input) ->
            state.put(

   * elements.
   *
   * <p>If the mapped keys contain duplicates (according to the comparator), the values are merged
   * using the specified merging function. Entries will appear in the encounter order of the first
   * occurrence of the key.
   *
   * @since 33.2.0 (available since 21.0 in guava-jre)
   */

   *
   * <p>If the mapped keys contain duplicates (according to {@link Object#equals(Object)}), the
   * values are merged using the specified merging function. If the merging function returns {@code
   * null}, then the collector removes the value that has been computed for the key thus far (though
   * future occurrences of the key would reinsert it).
   *

   * elements.
   *
   * <p>If the mapped keys contain duplicates (according to the comparator), the values are merged
   * using the specified merging function. Entries will appear in the encounter order of the first
   * occurrence of the key.
   *
   * @since 21.0
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object, K, V>

   * and column pair, they will be combined with the specified merging function in encounter order.
   *
   * <p>The returned {@code Collector} will throw a {@code NullPointerException} at collection time
   * if the row, column, value, or merging functions return null on any input.
   *
   * @since 33.2.0 (available since 21.0 in guava-jre)
   */

             * corresponds to the least significant nonzero byte in lw ^ rw, since lw and rw are
             * little-endian. Long.numberOfTrailingZeros(diff) tells us the least significant
             * nonzero bit, and zeroing out the first three bits of L.nTZ gives us the shift to get
             * that least significant nonzero byte.
             */
            int n = Long.numberOfTrailingZeros(lw ^ rw) & ~0x7;

   *
   * <p>If the mapped keys contain duplicates (according to {@link Object#equals(Object)}), the
   * values are merged using the specified merging function. If the merging function returns {@code
   * null}, then the collector removes the value that has been computed for the key thus far (though
   * future occurrences of the key would reinsert it).
   *

  /**
   * Returns the result of calling {@link Future#get()} uninterruptibly on a task known not to throw
   * a checked exception. This makes {@code Future} more suitable for lightweight, fast-running
   * tasks that, barring bugs in the code, will not fail. This gives it exception-handling behavior
   * similar to that of {@code ForkJoinTask.join}.
   *
   * <p>Exceptions from {@code Future.get} are treated as follows:
   *
   * <ul>

   * input elements. Cells are inserted into the generated {@code Table} in encounter order.
   *
   * <p>If multiple input elements map to the same row and column, the specified merging function is
   * used to combine the values. Like {@link
   * java.util.stream.Collectors#toMap(java.util.function.Function, java.util.function.Function,