@CheckForNull private Iterator<? extends T> toRemove;

    /* The iterator currently returning elements. */
    private Iterator<? extends T> iterator;

    /*
     * We track the "meta iterators," the iterators-of-iterators, below.  Usually, topMetaIterator
     * is the only one in use, but if we encounter nested concatenations, we start a deque of

    @CheckForNull private Iterator<? extends T> toRemove;

    /* The iterator currently returning elements. */
    private Iterator<? extends T> iterator;

    /*
     * We track the "meta iterators," the iterators-of-iterators, below.  Usually, topMetaIterator
     * is the only one in use, but if we encounter nested concatenations, we start a deque of