if (occurrences == 0) {
      return count(element);
    }
    int index = e.ordinal();
    int oldCount = counts[index];
    if (oldCount == 0) {
      return 0;
    } else if (oldCount <= occurrences) {
      counts[index] = 0;
      distinctElements--;
      size -= oldCount;
    } else {
      counts[index] = oldCount - occurrences;
      size -= occurrences;
    }
    return oldCount;
  }

    if (occurrences == 0) {
      return count(element);
    }
    int index = e.ordinal();
    int oldCount = counts[index];
    if (oldCount == 0) {
      return 0;
    } else if (oldCount <= occurrences) {
      counts[index] = 0;
      distinctElements--;
      size -= oldCount;
    } else {
      counts[index] = oldCount - occurrences;
      size -= occurrences;
    }
    return oldCount;
  }