rootPaths = append(rootPaths, root.Path)
			inRootPaths[root.Path] = true
		}
	}

	// “The selected version of every module path in direct is included as a root.”
	//
	// This is only for convenience and clarity for end users: in an unpruned module,
	// the choice of explicit vs. implicit dependency has no impact on MVS
	// selection (for itself or any other module).

	*elem = *new(T) // Clear the entry before returning, so we don't hold onto old tables.
	q.start++
	return value, true
}

// makeEvent creates an Event from the provided information.
//
// It's just a convenience function; it's always OK to construct
// an Event manually if this isn't quite the right way to express
// the contents of the event.

// output.
func tokstring(tok token) string {
	switch tok {
	case _Comma:
		return "comma"
	case _Semi:
		return "semicolon or newline"
	}
	return tok.String()
}

// Convenience methods using the current token position.
func (p *parser) pos() Pos               { return p.posAt(p.line, p.col) }
func (p *parser) error(msg string)       { p.errorAt(p.pos(), msg) }

// DIEs that use loader.Sym as opposed to *sym.Symbol. It is also
// being used as a place to store tables/maps that are useful as part
// of type conversion (this is just a convenience; it would be easy to
// split these things out into another type if need be).
type dwctxt struct {
	linkctxt *Link
	ldr      *loader.Loader
	arch     *sys.Arch

		// low quota that attempts to create a large number of pods will be
		// prevented from spamming the API service with the pod create requests
		// after one of its pods fails.  Conveniently, this also prevents the
		// event spam that those failures would generate.
		for batchSize := min(diff, int32(controller.SlowStartInitialBatchSize)); diff > 0; batchSize = min(2*batchSize, diff) {

	eh := func(pos token.Position, msg string) { p.errors.Add(pos, msg) }
	p.scanner.Init(p.file, src, eh, scanner.ScanComments)

	p.top = true
	p.mode = mode
	p.trace = mode&Trace != 0 // for convenience (p.trace is used frequently)
	p.next()
}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Parsing support

func (p *parser) printTrace(a ...any) {

  #
  # daschott noted on Slack: "L2bridge networks require an external vSwitch.
  # The first network ("External") with hardcoded values in the script is just
  # a placeholder to create an external vSwitch. This is purely for convenience
  # to be able to remove/modify the actual HNS network ("cbr0") or rejoin the
  # nodes without a network blip. Creating a vSwitch takes time, causes network

}

// prefix is like chatty.prefix but using p.json instead of chatty.json.
// Using p.json allows tests to check the json behavior without modifying
// the global variable. For convenience, we allow p == nil and treat
// that as not in json mode (because it's not chatty at all).
func (p *chattyPrinter) prefix() string {
	if p != nil && p.json {
		return string(marker)
	}
	return ""
}

}

// ApplyOptions may be provided when applying an API object.
// FieldManager is required for apply requests.
// ApplyOptions is equivalent to PatchOptions. It is provided as a convenience with documentation
// that speaks specifically to how the options fields relate to apply.
type ApplyOptions struct {
	TypeMeta `json:",inline"`

	// When present, indicates that modifications should not be

// However, for zero-extended values, we can cheat a bit, and calculate
// BSR(x<<1 + 1), which is guaranteed to be non-zero, and which conveniently
// places the index of the highest set bit where we want it.
// For GOAMD64>=3, BitLen can be calculated by OperandSize - LZCNT(x).