}
    return builder.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a comparator that compares two {@code char} arrays <a
   * href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicographical_order">lexicographically</a>; not advisable
   * for sorting user-visible strings as the ordering may not match the conventions of the user's
   * locale. That is, it compares, using {@link #compare(char, char)}), the first pair of values

    }
    return builder.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a comparator that compares two {@code double} arrays <a
   * href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicographical_order">lexicographically</a>. That is, it
   * compares, using {@link #compare(double, double)}), the first pair of values that follow any
   * common prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the

    }
    return builder.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a comparator that compares two {@code float} arrays <a
   * href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicographical_order">lexicographically</a>. That is, it
   * compares, using {@link #compare(float, float)}), the first pair of values that follow any
   * common prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the

    }
    return builder.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a comparator that compares two {@code short} arrays <a
   * href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicographical_order">lexicographically</a>. That is, it
   * compares, using {@link #compare(short, short)}), the first pair of values that follow any
   * common prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the

    }
    return builder.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a comparator that compares two {@code long} arrays <a
   * href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicographical_order">lexicographically</a>. That is, it
   * compares, using {@link #compare(long, long)}), the first pair of values that follow any common
   * prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the lesser. For

    }
    return builder.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a comparator that compares two {@code int} arrays <a
   * href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicographical_order">lexicographically</a>. That is, it
   * compares, using {@link #compare(int, int)}), the first pair of values that follow any common
   * prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the lesser. For

   *   <li>{@code ImmutableList.of(2, "A")}
   *   <li>{@code ImmutableList.of(2, "B")}
   *   <li>{@code ImmutableList.of(2, "C")}
   * </ul>
   *
   * <p>The result is guaranteed to be in the "traditional", lexicographical order for Cartesian
   * products that you would get from nesting for loops:
   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * for (B b0 : sets.get(0)) {
   *   for (B b1 : sets.get(1)) {
   *     ...

func Equal(a, b []byte) bool {
	// Neither cmd/compile nor gccgo allocates for these string conversions.
	return string(a) == string(b)
}

// Compare returns an integer comparing two byte slices lexicographically.
// The result will be 0 if a == b, -1 if a < b, and +1 if a > b.
// A nil argument is equivalent to an empty slice.
func Compare(a, b []byte) int {
	return bytealg.Compare(a, b)
}

        `sequence/TimeseriesGenerator`, and `text/hashing_trick`.
*   Accelerated Linear Algebra (XLA):
    *   Select and scatter in reference util and evaluator now use
        lexicographical order to break ties.
*   TensorFlow Debugger (tfdbg) CLI:
    *   During tensor-filter operations, allow exclusion of nodes by regular
        expressions.

* AWS: Arbitrarily choose first (lexicographically) subnet in AZ ([#50255](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50255), [@mattlandis](https://github.com/mattlandis))