*/
  private fun String.asciiToLowercase(): String =
    when {
      isAscii() -> lowercase(Locale.US) // This is an ASCII string.
      else -> this
    }

  /** Returns true if the [String] is ASCII encoded (0-127). */
  private fun String.isAscii() = length == utf8Size().toInt()

  /**
   * Returns true if [hostname] matches the domain name [pattern].
   *

	"strconv"
	"strings"
	"time"
)

// hasNUL reports whether the NUL character exists within s.
func hasNUL(s string) bool {
	return strings.Contains(s, "\x00")
}

// isASCII reports whether the input is an ASCII C-style string.
func isASCII(s string) bool {
	for _, c := range s {
		if c >= 0x80 || c == 0x00 {
			return false
		}
	}
	return true
}

// toASCII converts the input to an ASCII C-style string.