return false;
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode() {
    return elementEquivalence.hashCode() ^ 0x46a3eb07;
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return elementEquivalence + ".pairwise()";
  }

  @GwtIncompatible @J2ktIncompatible private static final long serialVersionUID = 1;

 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible
public final class Comparators {
  private Comparators() {}

  /**
   * Returns a new comparator which sorts iterables by comparing corresponding elements pairwise
   * until a nonzero result is found; imposes "dictionary order." If the end of one iterable is
   * reached, but not the other, the shorter iterable is considered to be less than the longer one.

      Iterable<? extends Comparator<? super T>> comparators) {
    return new CompoundOrdering<>(comparators);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new ordering which sorts iterables by comparing corresponding elements pairwise until
   * a nonzero result is found; imposes "dictionary order". If the end of one iterable is reached,
   * but not the other, the shorter iterable is considered to be less than the longer one. For

failfipscast { err = errors.New("simulated CAST failure") } if err != nil { fatal("FIPS 140-3 self-test failed: " + name + ": " + err.Error()) panic("unreachable") } if debug { println("FIPS 140-3 self-test passed:", name) } } // PCT runs the named Pairwise Consistency Test (if operated in FIPS mode) and // aborts the program (stopping the module input/output and entering the "error // state") if the test fails. // // PCTs are mandatory for every generated (but not imported) key pair, including // ephemeral...