static <A> L<A> cloneTakeFirst(Cl<A> l, int n) {
  n = min(n, l(l));
  L<A> out = emptyList(n);
  if (n != 0)
    for (A a : l) {
      out.add(a);
      if (l(out) >= n)
        break;
    }
  ret out;
}

static <A> L<A> cloneTakeFirst(int n, Cl<A> l) {
  ret cloneTakeFirst(l, n);
}

static <A> L<A> cloneTakeFirst(L<A> l, int n) {
  ret l(l) <= n ? l : cloneSubList(l, 0, n);
}

static <A> L<A> cloneTakeFirst(int n, L<A> l) {
  ret cloneTakeFirst(l, n);
}

Began life as a copy of #1007549