* range. Examples:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code [3..6]} encloses {@code [4..5]}
   *   <li>{@code (3..6)} encloses {@code (3..6)}
   *   <li>{@code [3..6]} encloses {@code [4..4)} (even though the latter is empty)
   *   <li>{@code (3..6]} does not enclose {@code [3..6]}
   *   <li>{@code [4..5]} does not enclose {@code (3..6)} (even though it contains every value

   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>All NaNs are fuzzily equal.
   *   <li>If {@code a == b}, then {@code a} and {@code b} are always fuzzily equal.
   *   <li>Positive and negative zero are always fuzzily equal.
   *   <li>If {@code tolerance} is zero, and neither {@code a} nor {@code b} is NaN, then {@code a}
   *       and {@code b} are fuzzily equal if and only if {@code a == b}.

   *   <li>If there is any non-private constructor or non-private static factory method declared by
   *       {@code cls}:
   *       <ul>
   *         <li>Test will fail if default value for a parameter cannot be determined.
   *         <li>Test will fail if the factory method returns null so testing instance methods is
   *             impossible.

 * second invocation, so implementors have made various choices, including:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>returning the same iterator again
 *   <li>throwing an exception of some kind
 *   <li>or the usual, <i>robust</i> behavior, which all known {@link Collection} implementations
 *       have, of returning a new, independent iterator
 * </ul>
 *

   * all references {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z} (any of which may be null):
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, x)} is true (<i>reflexive</i> property)
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, y)} and {@code equivalent(y, x)} each return the same result
   *       (<i>symmetric</i> property)
   *   <li>If {@code equivalent(x, y)} and {@code equivalent(y, z)} are both true, then {@code

   * all references {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z} (any of which may be null):
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, x)} is true (<i>reflexive</i> property)
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, y)} and {@code equivalent(y, x)} each return the same result
   *       (<i>symmetric</i> property)
   *   <li>If {@code equivalent(x, y)} and {@code equivalent(y, z)} are both true, then {@code

   * expected</i>, but not absolutely required, to have the following properties:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>Its execution does not cause any observable side effects.
   *   <li>The computation is <i>consistent with equals</i>; that is, {@link Objects#equal
   *       Objects.equal}{@code (a, b)} implies that {@code Objects.equal(function.apply(a),

   * The hashtable object. This can be either:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>a byte[], short[], or int[], with size a power of two, created by
   *       CompactHashing.createTable, whose values are either
   *       <ul>
   *         <li>UNSET, meaning "null pointer"
   *         <li>one plus an index into the entries and elements array
   *       </ul>

   *
   * <p>Accepts a decimal, hexadecimal, or octal number given by specifying the following prefix:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code 0x}<i>HexDigits</i>
   *   <li>{@code 0X}<i>HexDigits</i>
   *   <li>{@code #}<i>HexDigits</i>
   *   <li>{@code 0}<i>OctalDigits</i>
   * </ul>
   *
   * @throws NumberFormatException if the string does not contain a valid unsigned {@code long}
   *     value

  }

  /**
   * Verifies that a collection is immutable.
   *
   * <p>A collection is considered immutable if:
   *
   * <ol>
   *   <li>All its mutation methods result in UnsupportedOperationException, and do not change the
   *       underlying contents.
   *   <li>All methods that return objects that can indirectly mutate the collection throw
   *       UnsupportedOperationException when those mutators are called.
   * </ol>