return (comparator.compare(a, b) <= 0) ? a : b;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the maximum of the two values. If the values compare as 0, the first is returned.
   *
   * <p>The recommended solution for finding the {@code maximum} of some values depends on the type
   * of your data and the number of elements you have. Read more in the Guava User Guide article on

          GeneralSpliterator<E> spliterator, Consumer<? super E> consumer) {
        while (spliterator.tryAdvance(consumer)) {
          // do nothing
        }
      }
    },
    MAXIMUM_SPLIT {
      @Override
      <E extends @Nullable Object> void forEach(
          GeneralSpliterator<E> spliterator, Consumer<? super E> consumer) {

   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> Use {@code Streams.stream(iterator).max(thisComparator).get()} instead
   * (but note that it does not guarantee which tied maximum element is returned).
   *
   * @param iterator the iterator whose maximum element is to be determined
   * @throws NoSuchElementException if {@code iterator} is empty
   * @throws ClassCastException if the parameters are not <i>mutually comparable</i> under this

    }
    return 11; // initial capacity will be rounded up to 16
  }

  /**
   * Returns an unmodifiable view of the union of two multisets. In the returned multiset, the count
   * of each element is the <i>maximum</i> of its counts in the two backing multisets. The iteration
   * order of the returned multiset matches that of the element set of {@code multiset1} followed by

   * iterator does.
   *
   * <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> {@link Stream#limit}
   *
   * @param iterable the iterable to limit
   * @param limitSize the maximum number of elements in the returned iterable
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code limitSize} is negative
   * @since 3.0
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Iterable<T> limit(

  }

  // We use power-of-2 tables, and this is the highest int that's a power of 2
  static final int MAX_TABLE_SIZE = Ints.MAX_POWER_OF_TWO;

  // Represents how tightly we can pack things, as a maximum.
  private static final double DESIRED_LOAD_FACTOR = 0.7;

  // If the set has this many elements, it will "max out" the table size
  private static final int CUTOFF = (int) (MAX_TABLE_SIZE * DESIRED_LOAD_FACTOR);

   * elements. The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} if {@code iterator} does.
   *
   * @param iterator the iterator to limit
   * @param limitSize the maximum number of elements in the returned iterator
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code limitSize} is negative
   * @since 3.0
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Iterator<T> limit(