* override methods (probably called "unsafeDoForward" and "unsafeDoBackward") with the same
   * signatures as the methods below, rather than overriding the same doForward and doBackward
   * methods as implementations of normal converters do?
   *
   * But no matter what we do, it's worth remembering that the resulting code is going to be unsound
   * in the presence of LegacyConverter, at least in the case of users who view the converter as a

   * override methods (probably called "unsafeDoForward" and "unsafeDoBackward") with the same
   * signatures as the methods below, rather than overriding the same doForward and doBackward
   * methods as implementations of normal converters do?
   *
   * But no matter what we do, it's worth remembering that the resulting code is going to be unsound
   * in the presence of LegacyConverter, at least in the case of users who view the converter as a