* @param offset the offset into the array at which to start
   * @return the value found in the array in the form of a long
   */
  static int load32(byte[] source, int offset) {
    // TODO(user): Measure the benefit of delegating this to LittleEndianBytes also.
    return (source[offset] & 0xFF)
        | ((source[offset + 1] & 0xFF) << 8)
        | ((source[offset + 2] & 0xFF) << 16)
        | ((source[offset + 3] & 0xFF) << 24);

/**
 * A future that, if it fails, may <i>optionally</i> provide access to the cause of the failure.
 *
 * <p>This class is used only for micro-optimization. Standard {@code Future} utilities benefit from
 * this optimization, so there is no need to specialize methods to return or accept this type
 * instead of {@code ListenableFuture}.
 *
 * <p>This class is GWT-compatible.
 *

   * types (or if the type is a non-variable type, like {@code String}), then code should almost
   * never use this method, preferring instead to call {@code requireNonNull} so as to benefit from
   * its runtime check.
   *
   * <p>An example use case for this method is in implementing an {@code Iterator<T>} whose {@code

   * required to be a {@link BufferedWriter} in order to allow implementations to simply delegate to
   * {@link #openStream()} when the stream returned by that method does not benefit from additional
   * buffering. This method returns a new, independent writer each time it is called.
   *
   * <p>The caller is responsible for ensuring that the returned writer is closed.
   *

   *     associated FinalizableReferenceQueue is no longer referenced.
   */
  private boolean finalizeReference(Reference<?> reference, Method finalizeReferentMethod) {
    /*
     * This is for the benefit of phantom references. Weak and soft references will have already
     * been cleared by this point.
     */
    reference.clear();

    if (reference == frqReference) {
      /*

   * types (or if the type is a non-variable type, like {@code String}), then code should almost
   * never use this method, preferring instead to call {@code requireNonNull} so as to benefit from
   * its runtime check.
   *
   * <p>An example use case for this method is in implementing an {@code Iterator<T>} whose {@code

   * types (or if the type is a non-variable type, like {@code String}), then code should almost
   * never use this method, preferring instead to call {@code requireNonNull} so as to benefit from
   * its runtime check.
   *
   * <p>An example use case for this method is in implementing an {@code Iterator<T>} whose {@code

   * types (or if the type is a non-variable type, like {@code String}), then code should almost
   * never use this method, preferring instead to call {@code requireNonNull} so as to benefit from
   * its runtime check.
   *
   * <p>An example use case for this method is in implementing an {@code Iterator<T>} whose {@code

   * required to be a {@link BufferedOutputStream} in order to allow implementations to simply
   * delegate to {@link #openStream()} when the stream returned by that method does not benefit from
   * additional buffering (for example, a {@code ByteArrayOutputStream}). This method returns a new,
   * independent stream each time it is called.
   *

       * executor keeps it alive). Ideally, nulling out `callable` would be the responsibility of
       * InterruptibleTask itself so that its other subclasses also benefit. (Handling `callable` in
       * InterruptibleTask itself might also eliminate some of the existing boilerplate for, e.g.,
       * pendingToString().)
       */
      CombinedFuture.this.task = null;