delim = DELIMITER_STRING;
      }
      dummy ^= sb.toString().length();
    }
    return dummy;
  }

  /**
   * Always append the delimiter after the component, and in the very end shortens the buffer to get
   * rid of the extra trailing delimiter.
   */
  @Benchmark
  int alwaysAppendThenBackUp(int reps) {
    int dummy = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < reps; i++) {

  }

  /**
   * Wrapper for {@link Map#get(Object)} that forces the caller to pass in a key of the same type as
   * the map. Besides being slightly shorter than code that uses {@link #getMap()}, it also ensures
   * that callers don't pass an {@link Entry} by mistake.
   */
  protected V get(K key) {
    return getMap().get(key);
  }

  protected final K k0() {

    public String toString() {
      return "Functions.toStringFunction()";
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns the identity function.
   *
   * <p><b>Discouraged:</b> Prefer using a lambda like {@code v -> v}, which is shorter and often
   * more readable.
   */
  // implementation is "fully variant"; E has become a "pass-through" type
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> Function<E, E> identity() {

   * compares, using {@link #compare(int, int)}), the first pair of values that follow any common
   * prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the lesser. For
   * example, {@code [] < [1] < [1, 2] < [2] < [1 << 31]}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays

   * compares, using {@link #compare(byte, byte)}), the first pair of values that follow any common
   * prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the lesser. For
   * example, {@code [] < [0x01] < [0x01, 0x7F] < [0x01, 0x80] < [0x02]}. Values are treated as
   * unsigned.
   *

   * compares, using {@link #compare(float, float)}), the first pair of values that follow any
   * common prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the
   * lesser. For example, {@code [] < [1.0f] < [1.0f, 2.0f] < [2.0f]}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays

        delim = DELIMITER_STRING;
      }
      dummy ^= sb.toString().length();
    }
    return dummy;
  }

  /**
   * Always append the delimiter after the component, and in the very end shortens the buffer to get
   * rid of the extra trailing delimiter.
   */
  @Benchmark
  int alwaysAppendThenBackUp(int reps) {
    int dummy = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < reps; i++) {

  }

  /**
   * Wrapper for {@link Map#get(Object)} that forces the caller to pass in a key of the same type as
   * the map. Besides being slightly shorter than code that uses {@link #getMap()}, it also ensures
   * that callers don't pass an {@link Entry} by mistake.
   */
  protected V get(K key) {
    return getMap().get(key);
  }

  protected final K k0() {

   * Returns a new comparator which sorts iterables by comparing corresponding elements pairwise
   * until a nonzero result is found; imposes "dictionary order." If the end of one iterable is
   * reached, but not the other, the shorter iterable is considered to be less than the longer one.
   * For example, a lexicographical natural ordering over integers considers {@code [] < [1] < [1,
   * 1] < [1, 2] < [2]}.
   *

  /*
   * In this file, we use <? extends @Nullable Object> instead of <?> to work around a Kotlin bug
   * (see b/189937072 until we file a bug against Kotlin itself). (The two should be equivalent, so
   * we normally prefer the shorter one.)
   */

  /**
   * Appends the string representation of each of {@code parts}, using the previously configured
   * separator between each, to {@code appendable}.
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue