private static class Prepender {

    private final String prefix;
    private final int times;

    Prepender(@NotBlank @Nullable String prefix, int times) throws NullPointerException {
      this.prefix = prefix;
      this.times = times;
    }

    Prepender(String... varargs) {
      this(null, 0);
    }

    // just for testing

}

// commonTime returns a maximally occurring time from a list of time.
func commonTimeAndOccurrence(times []time.Time, group time.Duration) (maxTime time.Time, maxima int) {
	timeOccurrenceMap := make(map[int64]int, len(times))
	groupNano := group.Nanoseconds()
	// Ignore the uuid sentinel and count the rest.
	for _, t := range times {
		if t.Equal(timeSentinel) || t.IsZero() {
			continue
		}
		nano := t.UnixNano()
		if group > 0 {

  private static class Prepender {

    private final String prefix;
    private final int times;

    Prepender(@NotBlank @Nullable String prefix, int times) throws NullPointerException {
      this.prefix = prefix;
      this.times = times;
    }

    Prepender(String... varargs) {
      this(null, 0);
    }

    // just for testing

		// printed once.
		if once {
			return
		}
		// once not set, check if same error occurred 3 times in
		// a row, then make sure we print it to call attention.
		if m[err.Error()] > 2 {
			peersLogAlwaysIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("Following error has been printed %d times.. %w", m[err.Error()], err))
			// Reduce the count to introduce further delay in printing
			// but let it again print after the 2th attempt

   *
   * <p>This is guaranteed to return zero if the dataset contains only exactly one finite value. It
   * is not guaranteed to return zero when the dataset consists of the same value multiple times,
   * due to numerical errors. However, it is guaranteed never to return a negative result.
   *
   * <h3>Non-finite values</h3>
   *

  /**
   * Returns whether the current thread is occupying this monitor (has entered more times than it
   * has left).
   */
  public boolean isOccupiedByCurrentThread() {
    return lock.isHeldByCurrentThread();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the number of times the current thread has entered this monitor in excess of the number
   * of times it has left. Returns 0 if the current thread is not occupying this monitor.
   */

### Restart After Crash

But in those cases with really bad errors that crash the running **process**, you would want an external component that is in charge of **restarting** the process, at least a couple of times...

!!! tip

// corresponding error value. NB When there is more than one error value that
// occurs maximum number of times, the error value returned depends on how
// golang's map orders keys. This doesn't affect correctness as long as quorum
// value is greater than or equal to simple majority, since none of the equally
// maximal values would occur quorum or more number of times.
func reduceErrs(errs []error, ignoredErrs []error) (maxCount int, maxErr error) {

// time occurrence from a list of time.
func TestCommonTime(t *testing.T) {
	// List of test cases for common modTime.
	testCases := []struct {
		times  []time.Time
		time   time.Time
		quorum int
	}{
		{
			// 1. Tests common times when slice has varying time elements.
			[]time.Time{
				time.Unix(0, 1).UTC(),
				time.Unix(0, 2).UTC(),
				time.Unix(0, 3).UTC(),
				time.Unix(0, 3).UTC(),

because it documents the full list of known GODEBUG settings,
which are tied to a specific release.
-->

## Introduction {#intro}

Go's emphasis on backwards compatibility is one of its key strengths.
There are, however, times when we cannot maintain complete compatibility.
If code depends on buggy (including insecure) behavior,
then fixing the bug will break that code.
New features can also have similar impacts: