}

  int unsafeCompare(Object a, @CheckForNull Object b) {
    return unsafeCompare(comparator, a, b);
  }

  static int unsafeCompare(Comparator<?> comparator, Object a, @CheckForNull Object b) {
    // Pretend the comparator can compare anything. If it turns out it can't
    // compare a and b, we should get a CCE or NPE on the subsequent line. Only methods
    // that are spec'd to throw CCE and NPE should call this.

        to satisfy an allocation request.
    *   Added `tf.get_current_name_scope()` which returns the current full name
        scope string that will be prepended to op names.
*   `tf.data`:
    *   Promoting `tf.data.experimental.bucket_by_sequence_length` API to
        `tf.data.Dataset.bucket_by_sequence_length` and deprecating the
        experimental endpoint.