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   * and {@code distance(end, start) == -3}. As well, {@code distance(a, a)} is always zero.
   *
   * <p>Note that this function is necessarily well-defined for any discrete type.
   *
   * @return the distance as described above, or {@link Long#MIN_VALUE} or {@link Long#MAX_VALUE} if
   *     the distance is too small or too large, respectively.
   */

   * table is internally partitioned to try to permit the indicated number of concurrent updates
   * without contention. Because assignment of entries to these partitions is not necessarily
   * uniform, the actual concurrency observed may vary. Ideally, you should choose a value to
   * accommodate as many threads as will ever concurrently modify the table. Using a significantly

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 * k). In benchmarks, this implementation performs at least as well as either implementation, and
 * degrades more gracefully for worst-case input.
 *
 * <p>The implementation does not necessarily use a <i>stable</i> sorting algorithm; when multiple
 * equivalent elements are added to it, it is undefined which will come first in the output.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible

     *
     * Expected outputs are generated by the code itself, but they've been
     * checked against the inputs under Bash in order to confirm that the two
     * forms are equivalent (though not necessarily minimal, though we hope this
     * to be the case). Thus, this test is more of a regression test.
     *
     * Rough instructions to regenerate the test outputs and verify correctness:

// complex128 is the set of all complex numbers with float64 real and
// imaginary parts.
type complex128 complex128

// string is the set of all strings of 8-bit bytes, conventionally but not
// necessarily representing UTF-8-encoded text. A string may be empty, but
// not nil. Values of string type are immutable.
type string string

// int is a signed integer type that is at least 32 bits in size. It is a

      // If even the first one wasn't there, clean up so that the next test doesn't see an element.
      producerThread.cancel(true);
      producer.doneProducing.await();
      if (drained == 0) {
        q.poll(); // not necessarily there if producer was interrupted
      }
    }
  }

  public void testZeroElements() throws Exception {
    for (BlockingQueue<Object> q : blockingQueues()) {
      checkZeroElements(q);
    }
  }

import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Implementation detail for the internal structure of {@link Range} instances. Represents a unique
 * way of "cutting" a "number line" (actually of instances of type {@code C}, not necessarily
 * "numbers") into two sections; this can be done below a certain value, above a certain value,
 * below all values or above all values. With this object defined in this way, an interval can

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