* analysis that that means "plain {@code T}" rather than the inferred type {@code @Nullable T}.
   * (Even if supported added {@code @NonNull}, that would not help, since the problem case
   * addressed by this method is the case in which {@code T} has parametric nullness -- and thus its
   * value may be legitimately {@code null}.)
   */
  @ParametricNullness
  @SuppressWarnings("nullness")