b = append(b, byte(c))
		}
	}
	return string(b)
}

type parser struct {
	err error // Last error seen
}

type formatter struct {
	err error // Last error seen
}

// parseString parses bytes as a NUL-terminated C-style string.
// If a NUL byte is not found then the whole slice is returned as a string.
func (*parser) parseString(b []byte) string {
	if i := bytes.IndexByte(b, 0); i >= 0 {

	// difference that for some j, a[j]>b[j] and a[j+1]<b[j+1]. If the implementation
	// compares large chunks with wrong endianness, it gets wrong result.
	// no vector register is larger than 512 bytes for now
	const maxLength = 512
	a := make([]byte, maxLength)
	b := make([]byte, maxLength)
	// randomish but deterministic data. No 0 or 255.
	for i := 0; i < maxLength; i++ {