*
   * <p>NOTE: an IPv6 address coerced to an IPv4 address can only be used for such purposes as
   * rudimentary identification or indexing into a collection of real {@link InetAddress}es. They
   * cannot be used as real addresses for the purposes of network communication.
   *
   * @param ip {@link InetAddress} to convert
   * @return {@code int}, "coerced" if ip is not an IPv4 address
   * @since 7.0
   */

 * than {@code size()}. Furthermore, this structure only depends on a fixed number of arrays; {@code
 * add(x)} operations <i>do not</i> create objects for the garbage collector to deal with, and for
 * every element added, the garbage collector will have to traverse {@code 1.5} references on
 * average, in the marking phase, not {@code 5.0} as in {@code java.util.HashSet}.
 *

   */
  public static int compare(float a, float b) {
    return Float.compare(a, b);
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if {@code value} represents a real number. This is equivalent to, but not
   * necessarily implemented as, {@code !(Float.isInfinite(value) || Float.isNaN(value))}.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> use {@link Float#isFinite(float)} instead.
   *

     * lying about the fields below on the grounds that we always initialize them just after the
     * constructor -- an example of the kind of lying that our hypothetical bytecode rewriter would
     * already have to deal with, thanks to DI frameworks that perform field and method injection,
     * frameworks like Android that define post-construct hooks like Activity.onCreate, etc.
     */

         * We wish to test whether or not x <= (sqrtFloor + 0.5)^2 = halfSquare + 0.25. Since both x
         * and halfSquare are integers, this is equivalent to testing whether or not x <=
         * halfSquare. (We have to deal with overflow, though.)
         *
         * If we treat halfSquare as an unsigned long, we know that
         *            sqrtFloor^2 <= x < (sqrtFloor + 1)^2

    assertThat(newArray).isEqualTo(new short[] {(short) 0, (short) 1, (short) 2});
    newArray[1] = (short) 5;
    assertThat((short) list.get(1)).isEqualTo((short) 1);
  }

  // This test stems from a real bug found by andrewk
  public void testAsList_subList_toArray_roundTrip() {
    short[] array = {(short) 0, (short) 1, (short) 2, (short) 3};
    List<Short> list = Shorts.asList(array);

    List<T> list = Arrays.asList(strictlyOrderedElements);

    // for use calling Collection.toArray later
    T[] emptyArray = Platform.newArray(strictlyOrderedElements, 0);

    // shoot me, but I didn't want to deal with wildcards through the whole test
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Scenario<T> starter = new Scenario<>((Ordering<T>) ordering, list, emptyArray);
    verifyScenario(starter, 0);
  }

    List<T> list = Arrays.asList(strictlyOrderedElements);

    // for use calling Collection.toArray later
    T[] emptyArray = Platform.newArray(strictlyOrderedElements, 0);

    // shoot me, but I didn't want to deal with wildcards through the whole test
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Scenario<T> starter = new Scenario<>((Ordering<T>) ordering, list, emptyArray);
    verifyScenario(starter, 0);
  }

    assertThat(newArray).isEqualTo(new float[] {(float) 0, (float) 1, (float) 2});
    newArray[1] = (float) 5;
    assertThat((float) list.get(1)).isEqualTo((float) 1);
  }

  // This test stems from a real bug found by andrewk
  public void testAsList_subList_toArray_roundTrip() {
    float[] array = {(float) 0, (float) 1, (float) 2, (float) 3};
    List<Float> list = Floats.asList(array);

      // It's a weird formula, but tests prove it works.
      int adjust = size() - 1;
      for (int i = 0; i < axes.size(); i++) {
        adjust *= 31;
        adjust = ~~adjust;
        // in GWT, we have to deal with integer overflow carefully
      }
      int hash = 1;
      for (Set<E> axis : axes) {
        hash = 31 * hash + (size() / axis.size() * axis.hashCode());

        hash = ~~hash;
      }