* consistency, and because the return type conveys the immutability guarantee.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"}) // fully variant implementation (never actually produces any Es)
  public static <E> ImmutableSet<E> of() {
    return (ImmutableSet<E>) RegularImmutableSet.EMPTY;
  }

  /**

   * consistency, and because the return type conveys the immutability guarantee.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"}) // fully variant implementation (never actually produces any Es)
  public static <E> ImmutableSet<E> of() {
    return (ImmutableSet<E>) RegularImmutableSet.EMPTY;
  }

  /**

  public static <E> ImmutableSet<E> copyOf(Iterable<? extends E> elements) {
    if (elements instanceof ImmutableSet && !(elements instanceof ImmutableSortedSet)) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant
      ImmutableSet<E> set = (ImmutableSet<E>) elements;
      return set;
    }
    return copyOf(elements.iterator());
  }

  public static <E> ImmutableSet<E> copyOf(Iterator<? extends E> elements) {