// Otherwise calculate the value by calling .get()
    try {
      Object v = getUninterruptibly(future);
      if (wasCancelled) {
        return new Cancellation(
            false,
            new IllegalArgumentException(
                "get() did not throw CancellationException, despite reporting "
                    + "isCancelled() == true: "
                    + future));
      }
      return v == null ? NULL : v;