* ...
 * ThreadN: acquire(LockN) --X acquire(LockA)
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>The implementation detects cycles by constructing a directed graph in which each lock
 * represents a node and each edge represents an acquisition ordering between two locks.
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Each lock adds (and removes) itself to/from a ThreadLocal Set of acquired locks when the
 *       Thread acquires its first hold (and releases its last remaining hold).

 *
 * <p>If your iterator supports modification through {@code remove()}, you may wish to override the
 * verify() method, which is called after each sequence and is guaranteed to be called
 * using the latest values obtained from {@link IteratorTester#newTargetIterator()}.
 *
 * <p>The value you pass to the parameter {@code steps} should be greater than the length of your

 * It is identified by a unique combination of a group ID, artifact ID, version, classifier,
 * and extension, and it is stored in a repository for dependency management and build purposes.
 *
 * <p>Each {@code Artifact} instance is basically an exact pointer to a file in a Maven repository.
 * {@code Artifact} instances are created when <dfn>resolving</dfn> {@link ArtifactCoordinates} instances.

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      this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual,
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plugins {
    id("java-base")
}

// Creates the `jvmCompile` extension, which is a container for JvmCompilation instances.
// JvmCompilation instances control the way each source set is compiled -- most importantly,
// it controls the JVM version of the compilation. This allows each source set within a project
// to compile to different JVM versions.

val jvmCompile = extensions.create<JvmCompileExtension>(JvmCompileExtension.NAME)

This means:

* The variable `prices` is a `dict`:
    * The keys of this `dict` are of type `str` (let's say, the name of each item).
    * The values of this `dict` are of type `float` (let's say, the price of each item).

#### Union { #union }

You can declare that a variable can be any of **several types**, for example, an `int` or a `str`.

But every time we do:

```Python
Settings()
```

a new `Settings` object would be created, and at creation it would read the `.env` file again.

If the dependency function was just like:

```Python
def get_settings():
    return Settings()
```

 *
 * <p>{@code ByteSink} provides two kinds of methods:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li><b>Methods that return a stream:</b> These methods should return a <i>new</i>, independent
 *       instance each time they are called. The caller is responsible for ensuring that the
 *       returned stream is closed.
 *   <li><b>Convenience methods:</b> These are implementations of common operations that are

 *
 * <p>{@code ByteSink} provides two kinds of methods:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li><b>Methods that return a stream:</b> These methods should return a <i>new</i>, independent
 *       instance each time they are called. The caller is responsible for ensuring that the
 *       returned stream is closed.
 *   <li><b>Convenience methods:</b> These are implementations of common operations that are

## Description of `xl.meta`

`xl.meta` is a new self describing backend format used by MinIO to support AWS S3 compatible versioning.
This file is the source of truth for each `version` at rest. `xl.meta` is a msgpack file serialized from a
well defined data structure. To understand `xl.meta` here are the few things to start with