int pos = indexIn(string);
    if (pos == -1) {
      return string;
    }

    char[] chars = string.toCharArray();
    int spread = 1;

    // This unusual loop comes from extensive benchmarking
    OUT:
    while (true) {
      pos++;
      while (true) {
        if (pos == chars.length) {
          break OUT;
        }
        if (matches(chars[pos])) {

import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;

/**
 * {@link Error} variant of {@link java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException}. As with {@code
 * ExecutionException}, the error's {@linkplain #getCause() cause} comes from a failed task,
 * possibly run in another thread. That cause should itself be an {@code Error}; if not, use {@code
 * ExecutionException} or {@link UncheckedExecutionException}. This allows the client code to

        just a feature that seems like a sensible addition to Guava?


        Before new features get added to Guava, we really want to be sure that it's for a use case
        that actually comes up in the real world. We want to hear the real-world use case so the
        community can discuss and debate whether this feature is actually the *best* way to address

        return first.length() - second.length();
      } else {
        return first.compareTo(second);
      }
    }
  }

  /** Decreasing integer values. A {@code null} comes before any non-null value. */
  private static final Comparator<@Nullable Integer> DECREASING_INT_COMPARATOR =
      Ordering.<Integer>natural().reverse().<Integer>nullsFirst();

  private SetMultimap<String, Integer> create() {

      <name>Kevin Bourrillion</name>
      <email>******@****.***</email>
      <organization>Google</organization>
      <organizationUrl>http://www.google.com</organizationUrl>
      <roles>
        <role>owner</role>
        <role>developer</role>
      </roles>
      <timezone>-8</timezone>
    </developer>
  </developers>
  <ciManagement>
    <system>GitHub Actions</system>
    <url>https://github.com/google/guava/actions</url>

    }
    if (that == aboveAll()) {
      return -1;
    }
    int result = Range.compareOrThrow(endpoint, that.endpoint);
    if (result != 0) {
      return result;
    }
    // same value. below comes before above
    return Booleans.compare(this instanceof AboveValue, that instanceof AboveValue);
  }

  C endpoint() {
    return endpoint;
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // catching CCE
  @Override

    /*
     * Note that technically the returned ordering should be capable of
     * handling not just {@code Iterable<S>} instances, but also any {@code
     * Iterable<? extends S>}. However, the need for this comes up so rarely
     * that it doesn't justify making everyone else deal with the very ugly
     * wildcard.
     */
    return new LexicographicalOrdering<S>(this);
  }

  // Regular instance methods

    int pos = indexIn(string);
    if (pos == -1) {
      return string;
    }

    char[] chars = string.toCharArray();
    int spread = 1;

    // This unusual loop comes from extensive benchmarking
    OUT:
    while (true) {
      pos++;
      while (true) {
        if (pos == chars.length) {
          break OUT;
        }
        if (matches(chars[pos])) {

  // safely publish these objects and we won't need this whole discussion.
  // TODO(user,lukes): consider adding volatile to all these fields since in current known JVMs
  // that should resolve the issue. This comes at the cost of adding more write barriers to the
  // implementations.

  private Futures() {}

  /**
   * Creates a {@code ListenableFuture} which has its value set immediately upon construction. The

   * that gets messy here, and we already have null tests for Range.
   */

  /*
   * These generators also rely on consecutive integer inputs (not necessarily in order, but no
   * holes).
   */

  // SetCreationTester has some tests that pass in duplicates. Dedup them.
  private static <E extends Comparable<? super E>> SortedSet<E> nullCheckedTreeSet(E[] elements) {
    SortedSet<E> set = newTreeSet();