// Note: The only way this CAS could fail is if cancel() has raced with us. That is ok.
          boolean unused = ATOMIC_HELPER.casValue(this, valueToSet, failure);
        }
        return true;
      }
      localValue = value; // we lost the cas, fall through and maybe cancel
    }
    // The future has already been set to something. If it is cancellation we should cancel the
    // incoming future.