* In that explanation's notation, our `overlap` check would be `x1 < y2 && y1 < x2`. We've
     * flipped one part of the check so that we're using "less than" in both cases (rather than a
     * mix of "less than" and "greater than"). We've also switched to "strictly less than" rather
     * than "less than or equal to" because of *handwave* the difference between "endpoints of
     * inclusive ranges" and "Cuts."
     */

  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if each element in {@code iterable} after the first is greater than or
   * equal to the element that preceded it, according to the specified comparator. Note that this is
   * always true when the iterable has fewer than two elements.
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> boolean isInOrder(
      Iterable<? extends T> iterable, Comparator<T> comparator) {

	// SS parity drives should be greater than or equal to minParityDrives.
	// Parity below minParityDrives is not supported.
	if ssParity > 0 && ssParity < minParityDrives {
		return fmt.Errorf("parity %d should be greater than or equal to %d",
			ssParity, minParityDrives)
	}

	if ssParity > setDriveCount/2 {
		return fmt.Errorf("parity %d should be less than or equal to %d", ssParity, setDriveCount/2)
	}

    assert response.json() == IsDict(
        {
            "detail": [
                {
                    "type": "greater_than",
                    "loc": ["path", "item_id"],
                    "msg": "Input should be greater than 3",
                    "input": "2",
                    "ctx": {"gt": 3.0},
                }
            ]
        }
    ) | IsDict(

      if (collection.size() <= 2L * k) {
        // In this case, just dumping the collection to an array and sorting is
        // faster than using the implementation for Iterator, which is
        // specialized for k much smaller than n.

        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // c only contains E's and doesn't escape
        E[] array = (E[]) collection.toArray();
        Arrays.sort(array, this);

	// of this writing, the typical size is less than 4096 bytes, but that can vary.
	// Also, future updates to AWS might require larger sizes.
	Credentials auth.Credentials `xml:",omitempty"`

	// A percentage value that indicates the size of the policy in packed form.
	// The service rejects any policy with a packed size greater than 100 percent,
	// which means the policy exceeded the allowed space.

   * to the JDK until JDK 7.
   *
   * @param a the first {@code double} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code double} to compare
   * @return a negative value if {@code a} is less than {@code b}; a positive value if {@code a} is
   *     greater than {@code b}; or zero if they are equal
   */
  public static int compare(double a, double b) {
    return Double.compare(a, b);
  }

  /**

   *
   * @param value any value in the range of the {@code char} type
   * @return the {@code char} value that equals {@code value}
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code value} is greater than {@link Character#MAX_VALUE}
   *     or less than {@link Character#MIN_VALUE}
   */
  public static char checkedCast(long value) {
    char result = (char) value;
    checkArgument(result == value, "Out of range: %s", value);
    return result;

   *     <ul>
   *       <li>{@code x} is infinite or NaN
   *       <li>{@code x}, after being rounded to a mathematical integer using the specified rounding
   *           mode, is either less than {@code Integer.MIN_VALUE} or greater than {@code
   *           Integer.MAX_VALUE}
   *       <li>{@code x} is not a mathematical integer and {@code mode} is {@link
   *           RoundingMode#UNNECESSARY}
   *     </ul>
   */

  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if each element in {@code iterable} after the first is greater than or
   * equal to the element that preceded it, according to the specified comparator. Note that this is
   * always true when the iterable has fewer than two elements.
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> boolean isInOrder(
      Iterable<? extends T> iterable, Comparator<T> comparator) {