*     greater than {@code b}; or zero if they are equal
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("InlineMeInliner") // Integer.compare unavailable under GWT+J2CL
  public static int compare(int a, int b) {
    return Ints.compare(flip(a), flip(b));
  }

  /**
   * Returns the value of the given {@code int} as a {@code long}, when treated as unsigned.
   *

 *
 * <p>The successor to Guava's caching API is <a
 * href="https://github.com/ben-manes/caffeine/wiki">Caffeine</a>. Its API is designed to make it a
 * nearly drop-in replacement. Note that it is not available for Android or GWT/J2CL and that it may
 * have <a href="https://github.com/ben-manes/caffeine/wiki/Guava">different (usually better)
 * behavior</a> when multiple threads attempt concurrent mutations. Its equivalent to {@code
 * CacheBuilder} is its <a