val thisMinusKey =
      when {
        key == this.key -> next // Subtract this!

        else -> {
          val nextMinusKey = next.plus(key, null)
          when {
            nextMinusKey === next -> this // Same as the following line, but with fewer allocations.
            else -> LinkedTags(this.key, this.value, nextMinusKey)
          }
        }
      }

      return false;
    }

    Object target = thatIterator.next();
    E current = thisIterator.next();
    try {
      while (true) {
        int cmp = unsafeCompare(current, target);

        if (cmp < 0) {
          if (!thisIterator.hasNext()) {
            return false;
          }
          current = thisIterator.next();
        } else if (cmp == 0) {
          if (!thatIterator.hasNext()) {

   * part of the smeared hash of the element not covered by the hashtable mask, whereas the low bits
   * are the "next" pointer (pointing to the next entry in the bucket chain), which will always be
   * less than or equal to the hashtable mask.
   *
   * <pre>
   * hash  = aaaaaaaa
   * mask  = 00000fff
   * next  = 00000bbb
   * entry = aaaaabbb
   * </pre>
   *

      private final StrongKeyStrongValueEntry<K, V> next;

      LinkedStrongKeyStrongValueEntry(K key, int hash, StrongKeyStrongValueEntry<K, V> next) {
        super(key, hash);
        this.next = next;
      }

      @Override
      public StrongKeyStrongValueEntry<K, V> getNext() {
        return next;
      }
    }

     * stack so that it is returned by the next call to {@link Iterator#next()}. If the element is
     * not in {@link #nextElements}, this method throws an {@link UnknownElementException}.
     *
     * <p>This method is used when testing iterators without a known ordering. We poll the target
     * iterator's next element and pass it to the reference iterator through this method so it can

   * part of the smeared hash of the key not covered by the hashtable mask, whereas the low bits are
   * the "next" pointer (pointing to the next entry in the bucket chain), which will always be less
   * than or equal to the hashtable mask.
   *
   * <pre>
   * hash  = aaaaaaaa
   * mask  = 00000fff
   * next  = 00000bbb
   * entry = aaaaabbb
   * </pre>
   *

   * part of the smeared hash of the key not covered by the hashtable mask, whereas the low bits are
   * the "next" pointer (pointing to the next entry in the bucket chain), which will always be less
   * than or equal to the hashtable mask.
   *
   * <pre>
   * hash  = aaaaaaaa
   * mask  = 00000fff
   * next  = 00000bbb
   * entry = aaaaabbb
   * </pre>
   *

      }

      @Override
      @ParametricNullness
      public E next() {
        Map.Entry<E, Count> mapEntry = backingEntries.next();
        toRemove = mapEntry;
        return mapEntry.getKey();
      }

      @Override
      public void remove() {
        checkState(toRemove != null, "no calls to next() since the last call to remove()");
        size -= toRemove.getValue().getAndSet(0);

      int initialSize = map.size();
      boolean didRemove = entrySet.remove(entrySet.iterator().next());
      assertTrue(didRemove);
      assertEquals(initialSize - 1, map.size());
    } else {
      assertThrows(
          UnsupportedOperationException.class, () -> entrySet.remove(entrySet.iterator().next()));
    }
    assertInvariants(map);
  }

  public void testEntrySetRemoveMissingKey() {

    assertEquals(
        "multiset.entrySet() iterator.next() returned incorrect entry",
        Multisets.immutableEntry(e0(), 1),
        iterator.next());
    assertFalse(
        "size 1 multiset.entrySet() iterator.hasNext() returned true after next()",
        iterator.hasNext());
    iterator.remove();
    assertTrue(