offer(e); // never need to block
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // pushed down from class to method
  @Override
  public @Nullable E poll() {
    final Monitor monitor = this.monitor;
    monitor.enter();
    try {
      return q.poll();
    } finally {
      monitor.leave();
    }
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // pushed down from class to method
  @Override

    offer(e); // never need to block
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // pushed down from class to method
  @Override
  public @Nullable E poll() {
    final Monitor monitor = this.monitor;
    monitor.enter();
    try {
      return q.poll();
    } finally {
      monitor.leave();
    }
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // pushed down from class to method
  @Override

   */
  double stableIntervalMicros;

  /**
   * The time when the next request (no matter its size) will be granted. After granting a request,
   * this is pushed further in the future. Large requests push this further than small requests.
   */
  private long nextFreeTicketMicros = 0L; // could be either in the past or future

  private SmoothRateLimiter(SleepingStopwatch stopwatch) {

 *   <li><i>Some</i> construction use cases force the data to be copied (though several construction
 *       APIs are offered that don't).
 *   <li>Can't be passed directly to methods that expect {@code int[]} (though the most common
 *       utilities do have replacements here).
 *   <li>Dependency on {@code com.google.common} / Guava.
 * </ul>
 *

   * a hotspot optimizer bug, which should be fixed, but that's a separate, big project).
   *
   * The coding pattern above is heavily used in java.util, e.g. in ArrayList. There is a
   * RangeCheckMicroBenchmark in the JDK that was used to test this.
   *
   * But the methods in this class want to throw different exceptions, depending on the args, so it

 *   <li><i>Some</i> construction use cases force the data to be copied (though several construction
 *       APIs are offered that don't).
 *   <li>Can't be passed directly to methods that expect {@code double[]} (though the most common
 *       utilities do have replacements here).
 *   <li>Dependency on {@code com.google.common} / Guava.
 * </ul>
 *

   * listeners are also applicable to heavyweight functions passed to this method.
   *
   * <p>This method is similar to {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture#exceptionally}. It
   * can also serve some of the use cases of {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture#handle}
   * and {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture#handleAsync} when used along with {@link
   * #transform}.
   *

   * map does not support {@code setValue} on its entries, {@code put}, or {@code putAll}.
   *
   * <p>When passed a key that is present in the map, {@code asMap().get(Object)} has the same
   * behavior as {@link #get}, returning a live collection. When passed a key that is not present,
   * however, {@code asMap().get(Object)} returns {@code null} instead of an empty collection.
   *

   * map does not support {@code setValue} on its entries, {@code put}, or {@code putAll}.
   *
   * <p>When passed a key that is present in the map, {@code asMap().get(Object)} has the same
   * behavior as {@link #get}, returning a live collection. When passed a key that is not present,
   * however, {@code asMap().get(Object)} returns {@code null} instead of an empty collection.
   *

    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns a supplier that caches the instance supplied by the delegate and removes the cached
   * value after the specified time has passed. Subsequent calls to {@code get()} return the cached
   * value if the expiration time has not passed. After the expiration time, a new value is
   * retrieved, cached, and returned. See: <a
   * href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoization">memoization</a>
   *