}

  /**
   * Compares the two specified {@code byte} values, treating them as unsigned values between 0 and
   * 255 inclusive. For example, {@code (byte) -127} is considered greater than {@code (byte) 127}
   * because it is seen as having the value of positive {@code 129}.
   *
   * @param a the first {@code byte} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code byte} to compare

      assertThat(comparator1.compare(left, right)).isEqualTo(0);
      assertThat(comparator2.compare(left, right)).isEqualTo(0);
      int i = rnd.nextInt(left.length);
      left[i] ^= (byte) (1 + rnd.nextInt(255));
      assertThat(signum(comparator1.compare(left, right)))
          .isEqualTo(signum(UnsignedBytes.compare(left[i], right[i])));
      assertThat(signum(comparator2.compare(left, right)))

      assertThat(comparator1.compare(left, right)).isEqualTo(0);
      assertThat(comparator2.compare(left, right)).isEqualTo(0);
      int i = rnd.nextInt(left.length);
      left[i] ^= (byte) (1 + rnd.nextInt(255));
      assertThat(signum(comparator1.compare(left, right)))
          .isEqualTo(signum(UnsignedBytes.compare(left[i], right[i])));
      assertThat(signum(comparator2.compare(left, right)))

        if (i2 == -1) {
            // first one is known, so it comes first
            return -1;
        }
        int rv = Integer.compare(i1, i2);
        if (rv != 0) {
            return rv;
        }
        // same execution point, now compare priorities
        return Integer.compare(p1.priority(), p2.priority());
    }

  /**
   * A specification for which index to return if the list contains at least one element that
   * compares as equal to the key.
   */
  enum KeyPresentBehavior {
    /**
     * Return the index of any list element that compares as equal to the key. No guarantees are
     * made as to which index is returned, if more than one element compares as equal to the key.
     */
    ANY_PRESENT {
      @Override

   * @return a negative value if {@code a} is less than {@code b}; a positive value if {@code a} is
   *     greater than {@code b}; or zero if they are equal
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("InlineMeInliner") // Integer.compare unavailable under GWT+J2CL
  public static int compare(int a, int b) {
    return Ints.compare(flip(a), flip(b));
  }

  /**
   * Returns the value of the given {@code int} as a {@code long}, when treated as unsigned.
   *

#### Fix it with `secrets.compare_digest()` { #fix-it-with-secrets-compare-digest }

But in our code we are actually using `secrets.compare_digest()`.

In short, it will take the same time to compare `stanleyjobsox` to `stanleyjobson` than it takes to compare `johndoe` to `stanleyjobson`. And the same for the password.

## Benchmarks and speed { #benchmarks-and-speed }

When you check the benchmarks, it is common to see several tools of different types compared as equivalent.

Specifically, to see Uvicorn, Starlette and FastAPI compared together (among many other tools).

            }
        }
        // IOException handling is done by calling code
    }

    /**
     * Compares two SMB files by name.
     * @param f1 first file to compare
     * @param f1name name of first file
     * @param f2 second file to compare
     * @return comparison result for sorting
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */

          lowerBound == null || upperBound == null || compare(lowerBound, upperBound) <= 0);
    }

    @Override
    public SortedSet<C> keySet() {
      return new Maps.SortedKeySet<>(this);
    }

    @Override
    public Comparator<? super C> comparator() {
      return columnComparator();
    }

    int compare(Object a, Object b) {
      // pretend we can compare anything
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")