canonical = null; // Hint to the JIT that canonical is unreachable

    GcFinalization.awaitClear(signal);
    assertSame(not, pool.intern(not));
  }

  public void testAsFunction_simplistic() {
    String canonical = "a";
    String not = new String("a");

    Function<String, String> internerFunction =
        Interners.asFunction(Interners.<String>newStrongInterner());

    canonical = null; // Hint to the JIT that canonical is unreachable

    GcFinalization.awaitClear(signal);
    assertSame(not, pool.intern(not));
  }

  public void testAsFunction_simplistic() {
    String canonical = "a";
    String not = new String("a");

    Function<String, String> internerFunction =
        Interners.asFunction(Interners.<String>newStrongInterner());