#### Utility: compare with alternatives


        There is always *some* alternative to adding a new feature to Guava, even if it's just
        forking Guava yourself.


        We want to see that new features have some significant advantage over the alternatives.
        These advantages can take

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      imageName = "okcurl"
      mainClass = "okhttp3.curl.MainCommandLineKt"
      if (System.getProperty("os.name").lowercase().contains("windows")) {
        // windows requires a slightly different approach for some things
      } else {
        buildArgs("--no-fallback")
      }
    }
  }

    public static final String MULTIMODULE_PROJECT_DIRECTORY = "maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory";

    /**
     * @deprecated Use {@link System#getProperty(String)} with "user.home" instead
     */
    public static final String USER_HOME = System.getProperty("user.home");

    /**
     * @deprecated Use {@link org.apache.maven.api.Constants#MAVEN_USER_CONF} instead
     */

   * -XX:+ExplicitGCInvokesConcurrent} is used.
   *
   * <p>Whenever possible, it is preferable to test directly for some observable change resulting
   * from GC, as with {@link #awaitClear}. Because there are no guarantees for the order of GC
   * finalization processing, there may still be some unfinished work for the GC to do after this
   * method returns.
   *

   * -XX:+ExplicitGCInvokesConcurrent} is used.
   *
   * <p>Whenever possible, it is preferable to test directly for some observable change resulting
   * from GC, as with {@link #awaitClear}. Because there are no guarantees for the order of GC
   * finalization processing, there may still be some unfinished work for the GC to do after this
   * method returns.
   *

 * reference. It allows you to represent "a {@code T} that must be present" and a "a {@code T} that
 * might be absent" as two distinct types in your program, which can aid clarity.
 *
 * <p>Some uses of this class include
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>As a method return type, as an alternative to returning {@code null} to indicate that no
 *       value was available

	<li>the values read or written by the operation.</li>
</ul>
<p>
Some memory operations are <i>read-like</i>, including read, atomic read, mutex lock, and channel receive.
Other memory operations are <i>write-like</i>, including write, atomic write, mutex unlock, channel send, and channel close.
Some, such as atomic compare-and-swap, are both read-like and write-like.
</p>

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