check(rule.startsWith(WILDCARD_CHAR)) {
      """Wildcard Assertion Failure: '$rule'
A wildcard rule was added with a wildcard that is not in leftmost position! We'll need to change the ${PublicSuffixDatabase::class.java.name} to handle this."""
    }
    check(rule.indexOf(WILDCARD_CHAR, 1) == -1) {
      """Wildcard Assertion Failure: '$rule'

 * provides indexes and a comparison function, and this calls that function iteratively.
 *
 * @return the index of the match. If no match is found this is `(-1 - insertionPoint)`, where the
 *     inserting the element at `insertionPoint` will retain sorted order.
 */
inline fun binarySearch(
  position: Int,
  limit: Int,
  compare: (Int) -> Int,
): Int {
  // Do the binary searching bit.