* input byte array {@code {0x54, 0x32}} would yield the {@code char} value {@code '\\u5432'}.
   *
   * <p>Arguably, it's preferable to use {@link java.nio.ByteBuffer}; that library exposes much more
   * flexibility at little cost in readability.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code bytes} has fewer than 2 elements
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // doesn't work
  public static char fromByteArray(byte[] bytes) {

## Changelog since v1.32.0-alpha.2

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- Added enforcement of an upper cost bound for DRA evaluations of CEL. The API server and scheduler now enforce an upper bound on the cost and runtime steps required for evaluating a CEL expression. ([#128101](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128101), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG API Machinery and Node]

    // * The element with (index == from) should be kept.
    // * Everything with (index > from) has not been checked yet.

    // Check from the end of the list backwards (minimize expected cost of
    // moving elements when remove() is called). Stop before 'from' because
    // we already know that should be kept.
    for (int n = list.size() - 1; n > from; n--) {
      if (predicate.apply(list.get(n))) {

  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> CopyOnWriteArrayList<E> newCopyOnWriteArrayList(
      Iterable<? extends E> elements) {
    // We copy elements to an ArrayList first, rather than incurring the
    // quadratic cost of adding them to the COWAL directly.
    Collection<? extends E> elementsCollection =
        (elements instanceof Collection)
            ? (Collection<? extends E>) elements
            : newArrayList(elements);

## Changelog since v1.27.5

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- Fixed a bug where CEL expressions in CRD validation rules would incorrectly compute a high estimated cost for functions that return strings, lists or maps.

  // safely publish these objects and we won't need this whole discussion.
  // TODO(user,lukes): consider adding volatile to all these fields since in current known JVMs
  // that should resolve the issue. This comes at the cost of adding more write barriers to the
  // implementations.

  private Futures() {}

  /**
   * Creates a {@code ListenableFuture} which has its value set immediately upon construction. The

   ([#122558](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122558), [@linxiulei](https://github.com/linxiulei))
- Fixed CEL estimated cost for expressions that perform operations on the result of `map()` operations (e.g., `.map(...).exists(...)` ) to have the correct estimated cost instead of an unbounded cost.
   ([#123562](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123562), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz))

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- The `controller.kubernetes.io/pod-deletion-cost` annotation can be set to offer a hint on the cost of deleting a `Pod` compared to other pods belonging to the same ReplicaSet. Pods with lower deletion cost are deleted first. This is an alpha feature. ([#99163](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99163), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g))

  // safely publish these objects and we won't need this whole discussion.
  // TODO(user,lukes): consider adding volatile to all these fields since in current known JVMs
  // that should resolve the issue. This comes at the cost of adding more write barriers to the
  // implementations.

  private Futures() {}

  /**
   * Creates a {@code ListenableFuture} which has its value set immediately upon construction. The