return (delegate != null) ? delegate.toArray() : Arrays.copyOf(requireElements(), size);
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override
  @SuppressWarnings("nullness") // b/192354773 in our checker affects toArray declarations
  public <T extends @Nullable Object> T[] toArray(T[] a) {
    if (needsAllocArrays()) {
      if (a.length > 0) {
        a[0] = null;
      }
      return a;
    }

      // but work beyond that must take at least one second
      assertThat(afterBurst).isAtLeast(1000);
    }
  }

  /**
   * This neat test shows that no matter what weights we use in our requests, if we push X amount of
   * permits in a cool state, where X = rate * timeToCoolDown, and we have specified a
   * timeToWarmUp() period, it will cost as the prescribed amount of time. E.g., calling

    // Serial form:
    // 1 signed byte for the strategy
    // 1 unsigned byte for the number of hash functions
    // 1 big endian int, the number of longs in our bitset
    // N big endian longs of our bitset
    DataOutputStream dout = new DataOutputStream(out);
    dout.writeByte(SignedBytes.checkedCast(strategy.ordinal()));

            if (wasEmpty) {
              notifyAll()
            }
          }
        }
      }

      // Update the connection flow control, as this is a shared resource.
      // Even if our stream doesn't need more data, others might.
      // But delay updating the stream flow control until that stream has been
      // consumed
      updateConnectionFlowControl(byteCount)

  public @Nullable V get(@Nullable Object key) {
    Object result = get(hashTable, alternatingKeysAndValues, size, 0, key);
    /*
     * We can't simply cast the result of `RegularImmutableMap.get` to V because of a bug in our
     * nullness checker (resulting from https://github.com/jspecify/checker-framework/issues/8).
     */
    if (result == null) {
      return null;
    } else {
      return (V) result;
    }
  }

                 * the map to change between that call and this one. But if that happens, the
                 * behavior is undefined because of the concurrent mutation.)
                 *
                 * (Our prototype checker happens to be "smart" enough to understand this for the
                 * *get* call in getValue but not for the *put* call here.)
                 *

of his tail.  `As if I would talk on such a subject!  Our family
always HATED cats:  nasty, low, vulgar things!  Don't let me hear
the name again!'

  `I won't indeed!' said Alice, in a great hurry to change the
subject of conversation.  `Are you--are you fond--of--of dogs?'
The Mouse did not answer, so Alice went on eagerly:  `There is
such a nice little dog near our house I should like to show you!

      case 1:
        /*
         * requireNonNull is safe because the callers promise to put non-null objects in the first
         * `length` array elements.
         */
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // our callers put only E instances into the array
        E onlyElement = (E) requireNonNull(elements[0]);
        return of(onlyElement);
      default:
        /*

      }

      @Override
      public I next() {
        if (!hasNext()) {
          throw new NoSuchElementException();
        }
        /*
         * requireNonNull is safe because our callers always pass non-null arguments. Each element
         * of the array becomes null only when we iterate past it and then clear it.
         */
        I result = requireNonNull(elements[index]);

      }

      @Override
      public I next() {
        if (!hasNext()) {
          throw new NoSuchElementException();
        }
        /*
         * requireNonNull is safe because our callers always pass non-null arguments. Each element
         * of the array becomes null only when we iterate past it and then clear it.
         */
        I result = requireNonNull(elements[index]);