*
 * <p>If the precondition is not met, the {@code Preconditions} method throws an unchecked exception
 * of a specified type, which helps the method in which the exception was thrown communicate that
 * its caller has made a mistake. This allows constructs such as
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * public static double sqrt(double value) {
 *   if (value < 0) {
 *     throw new IllegalArgumentException("input is negative: " + value);
 *   }

 *
 * <p>If the precondition is not met, the {@code Preconditions} method throws an unchecked exception
 * of a specified type, which helps the method in which the exception was thrown communicate that
 * its caller has made a mistake. This allows constructs such as
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * public static double sqrt(double value) {
 *   if (value < 0) {
 *     throw new IllegalArgumentException("input is negative: " + value);
 *   }

     * look at table entries if it is 0.
     *
     * - All (synchronized) write operations should write to the "count" field after structurally
     * changing any bin. The operations must not take any action that could even momentarily
     * cause a concurrent read operation to see inconsistent data. This is made easier by the
     * nature of the read operations in Map. For example, no operation can reveal that the table

   * memory but only for as long as the user retains a reference to it. That is, the set returned by
   * {@code combinations} does not retain the individual subsets.
   *
   * @param set the set of elements to take combinations of
   * @param size the number of elements per combination
   * @return the set of all combinations of {@code size} elements from {@code set}