// encoding. Unlike octal encoding, base-256 encoding does not require that the
// string ends with a NUL character. Thus, all n bytes are available for output.
//
// If operating in binary mode, this assumes strict GNU binary mode; which means
// that the first byte can only be either 0x80 or 0xff. Thus, the first byte is
// equivalent to the sign bit in two's complement form.
func fitsInBase256(n int, x int64) bool {
	binBits := uint(n-1) * 8