/**
   * Returns {@code table[index]}, where {@code table} is actually a {@code byte[]}, {@code
   * short[]}, or {@code int[]}. When it is a {@code byte[]} or {@code short[]}, the returned value
   * is unsigned, so the range of possible returned values is 0–255 or 0–65535, respectively.
   */
  static int tableGet(Object table, int index) {
    if (table instanceof byte[]) {
      return ((byte[]) table)[index] & BYTE_MASK; // unsigned read

  /**
   * Returns {@code table[index]}, where {@code table} is actually a {@code byte[]}, {@code
   * short[]}, or {@code int[]}. When it is a {@code byte[]} or {@code short[]}, the returned value
   * is unsigned, so the range of possible returned values is 0–255 or 0–65535, respectively.
   */
  static int tableGet(Object table, int index) {
    if (table instanceof byte[]) {
      return ((byte[]) table)[index] & BYTE_MASK; // unsigned read