* elements.length) are all {@code null}.
   */
  @VisibleForTesting @CheckForNull transient @Nullable Object[] elements;

  /**
   * Keeps track of metadata like the number of hash table bits and modifications of this data
   * structure (to make it possible to throw ConcurrentModificationException in the iterator). Note
   * that we choose not to make this volatile, so we do less of a "best effort" to track such

   * {@code iterable} contains fewer than {@code numberToSkip} elements, the returned iterable skips
   * all of its elements.
   *
   * <p>Modifications to the underlying {@link Iterable} before a call to {@code iterator()} are
   * reflected in the returned iterator. That is, the iterator skips the first {@code numberToSkip}

    List<Integer> toList = Lists.reverse(fromList);
    assertReverseView(fromList, toList);
  }

  private static void assertReverseView(List<Integer> fromList, List<Integer> toList) {
    /* fromList modifications reflected in toList */
    fromList.set(0, 5);
    assertEquals(asList(4, 3, 2, 5), toList);
    fromList.add(6);
    assertEquals(asList(6, 4, 3, 2, 5), toList);
    fromList.add(2, 9);

    List<Integer> toList = Lists.reverse(fromList);
    assertReverseView(fromList, toList);
  }

  private static void assertReverseView(List<Integer> fromList, List<Integer> toList) {
    /* fromList modifications reflected in toList */
    fromList.set(0, 5);
    assertEquals(asList(4, 3, 2, 5), toList);
    fromList.add(6);
    assertEquals(asList(6, 4, 3, 2, 5), toList);
    fromList.add(2, 9);

   * elements.length) are all {@code null}.
   */
  @VisibleForTesting @CheckForNull transient @Nullable Object[] elements;

  /**
   * Keeps track of metadata like the number of hash table bits and modifications of this data
   * structure (to make it possible to throw ConcurrentModificationException in the iterator). Note
   * that we choose not to make this volatile, so we do less of a "best effort" to track such

    ensureNotDirectlyModifiable(unmod.subSet(1, 3));
    ensureNotDirectlyModifiable(unmod.subSet(1, true, 3, true));

    /* UnsupportedOperationException on indirect modifications. */
    NavigableSet<Integer> reverse = unmod.descendingSet();
    try {
      reverse.add(4);
      fail("UnsupportedOperationException expected");
    } catch (UnsupportedOperationException expected) {