* elements.
   *
   * <p>To cycle over the elements {@code n} times, use the following: {@code
   * Iterables.concat(Collections.nCopies(n, Arrays.asList(elements)))}
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> If passing a single element {@code e}, the {@code Stream} equivalent
   * of this method is {@code Stream.generate(() -> e)}. Otherwise, put the elements in a collection

    // Checking isDone and listeners != TOMBSTONE may seem redundant, but our contract for
    // addListener says that listeners execute 'immediate' if the future isDone(). However, our
    // protocol for completing a future is to assign the value field (which sets isDone to true) and
    // then to release waiters, followed by executing afterDone(), followed by releasing listeners.

  }

  /**
   * Support removal operations when filtering a filtered multimap. Since a filtered multimap has
   * iterators that don't support remove, passing one to the FilteredEntryMultimap constructor would
   * lead to a multimap whose removal operations would fail. This method combines the predicates to
   * avoid that problem.
   */

    return explicit(Lists.asList(leastValue, remainingValuesInOrder));
  }

  // Ordering<Object> singletons

  /**
   * Returns an ordering which treats all values as equal, indicating "no ordering." Passing this
   * ordering to any <i>stable</i> sort algorithm results in no change to the order of elements.
   * Note especially that {@link #sortedCopy} and {@link #immutableSortedCopy} are stable, and in

   *
   * <p>The returned lists implement {@link java.util.RandomAccess}.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> The current implementation eagerly allocates storage for {@code size} elements.
   * As a consequence, passing values like {@code Integer.MAX_VALUE} can lead to {@link
   * OutOfMemoryError}.
   *
   * @param iterator the iterator to return a partitioned view of