// Carefully optimized for execution by hotspot (explanatory comment above)
    if (start < 0 || end < start || end > size) {
      throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(badPositionIndexes(start, end, size));
    }
  }

  private static String badPositionIndexes(int start, int end, int size) {
    if (start < 0 || start > size) {
      return badPositionIndex(start, size, "start index");
    }
    if (end < 0 || end > size) {