return ((Multiset<?>) elements).elementSet().size();
    }
    return 11; // initial capacity will be rounded up to 16
  }

  /**
   * Returns an unmodifiable view of the union of two multisets. In the returned multiset, the count
   * of each element is the <i>maximum</i> of its counts in the two backing multisets. The iteration

    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new range set consisting of the union of this range set and {@code other}.
   *
   * <p>This is essentially the same as {@code TreeRangeSet.create(this).addAll(other)} except it
   * returns an {@code ImmutableRangeSet}.
   *
   * @since 21.0
   */
  public ImmutableRangeSet<C> union(RangeSet<C> other) {
    return unionOf(Iterables.concat(asRanges(), other.asRanges()));
  }

     * @since 20.0 (present with return type {@link Iterator} since 2.0)
     */
    @Override
    public abstract UnmodifiableIterator<E> iterator();
  }

  /**
   * Returns an unmodifiable <b>view</b> of the union of two sets. The returned set contains all
   * elements that are contained in either backing set. Iterating over the returned set iterates