}

  private void setPredecessor(int entry, int pred) {
    requirePredecessors()[entry] = pred + 1;
  }

  private void setSucceeds(int pred, int succ) {
    if (pred == ENDPOINT) {
      firstEntry = succ;
    } else {
      setSuccessor(pred, succ);
    }

    if (succ == ENDPOINT) {
      lastEntry = pred;
    } else {
      setPredecessor(succ, pred);
    }
  }

  @Override

           * -4294967296L = -9223372036854775808L!
           *
           * To be clear, this bug affects not the test's computation of the expected result but the
           * _actual prod code_. But it probably affects only unusual cases.
           */
          continue;
        }
        BigInteger expectedResult = valueOf(a).multiply(valueOf(b));

  private void setPredecessor(int entry, int pred) {
    long predMask = ~0L << 32;
    setLink(entry, (link(entry) & ~predMask) | ((long) (pred + 1) << 32));
  }

  private void setSucceeds(int pred, int succ) {
    if (pred == ENDPOINT) {
      firstEntry = succ;
    } else {
      setSuccessor(pred, succ);
    }

    if (succ == ENDPOINT) {
      lastEntry = pred;
    } else {