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   * and {@code distance(end, start) == -3}. As well, {@code distance(a, a)} is always zero.
   *
   * <p>Note that this function is necessarily well-defined for any discrete type.
   *
   * @return the distance as described above, or {@link Long#MIN_VALUE} or {@link Long#MAX_VALUE} if
   *     the distance is too small or too large, respectively.
   */

    var value = 0
    val groupOffset = i
    while (i < limit) {
      val c = input[i]
      if (c < '0' || c > '9') break
      if (value == 0 && groupOffset != i) return false // Reject unnecessary leading '0's.
      value = value * 10 + c.code - '0'.code
      if (value > 255) return false // Value out of range.
      i++
    }
    val groupLength = i - groupOffset

   * that gets messy here, and we already have null tests for Range.
   */

  /*
   * These generators also rely on consecutive integer inputs (not necessarily in order, but no
   * holes).
   */

  // SetCreationTester has some tests that pass in duplicates. Dedup them.
  private static <E extends Comparable<? super E>> SortedSet<E> nullCheckedTreeSet(E[] elements) {

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      // If even the first one wasn't there, clean up so that the next test doesn't see an element.
      producerThread.cancel(true);
      producer.doneProducing.await();
      if (drained == 0) {
        q.poll(); // not necessarily there if producer was interrupted
      }
    }
  }

  public void testZeroElements() throws Exception {
    for (BlockingQueue<Object> q : blockingQueues()) {
      checkZeroElements(q);
    }
  }

import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Implementation detail for the internal structure of {@link Range} instances. Represents a unique
 * way of "cutting" a "number line" (actually of instances of type {@code C}, not necessarily
 * "numbers") into two sections; this can be done below a certain value, above a certain value,
 * below all values or above all values. With this object defined in this way, an interval can