var sr, tr rune
		if s[0] < utf8.RuneSelf {
			sr, s = rune(s[0]), s[1:]
		} else {
			r, size := utf8.DecodeRune(s)
			sr, s = r, s[size:]
		}
		if t[0] < utf8.RuneSelf {
			tr, t = rune(t[0]), t[1:]
		} else {
			r, size := utf8.DecodeRune(t)
			tr, t = r, t[size:]
		}

		// If they match, keep going; if not, return false.

		// Easy case.
		if tr == sr {

	start := 0
	for width := 0; start < len(data); start += width {
		var r rune
		r, width = utf8.DecodeRune(data[start:])
		if !isSpace(r) {
			break
		}
	}
	// Scan until space, marking end of word.
	for width, i := 0, start; i < len(data); i += width {
		var r rune
		r, width = utf8.DecodeRune(data[i:])
		if isSpace(r) {
			return i + width, data[start:i], nil
		}
	}

		var i, runeCount int
		var expect rune
		// Use a string range loop to validate the sequence of runes.
		for i, expect = range test {
			if !s.Scan() {
				break
			}
			runeCount++
			got, _ := utf8.DecodeRune(s.Bytes())
			if got != expect {
				t.Errorf("#%d: %d: expected %q got %q", n, i, expect, got)
			}
		}
		if s.Scan() {
			t.Errorf("#%d: scan ran too long, got %q", n, s.Text())
		}

		d.scratch.addRune(r)
		goto scan_esc
	}

	r2 := d.u4()
	if r2 < 0 {
		return "", d.mkError(ErrSyntax, "in unicode escape sequence")
	}

	// write surrogate pair
	d.scratch.addRune(utf16.DecodeRune(r, r2))
	c = d.next()
	goto scan
}

// u4 reads four bytes following a \u escape
func (d *Decoder) u4() rune {
	// logic taken from:
	// github.com/buger/jsonparser/blob/master/escape.go#L20

		b.Reset()
		return 0, 0, io.EOF
	}
	c := b.buf[b.off]
	if c < utf8.RuneSelf {
		b.off++
		b.lastRead = opReadRune1
		return rune(c), 1, nil
	}
	r, n := utf8.DecodeRune(b.buf[b.off:])
	b.off += n
	b.lastRead = readOp(n)
	return r, n, nil
}

// UnreadRune unreads the last rune returned by [Buffer.ReadRune].
// If the most recent read or write operation on the buffer was

		b.fill() // b.w-b.r < len(buf) => buffer is not full
	}
	b.lastRuneSize = -1
	if b.r == b.w {
		return 0, 0, b.readErr()
	}
	r, size = rune(b.buf[b.r]), 1
	if r >= utf8.RuneSelf {
		r, size = utf8.DecodeRune(b.buf[b.r:b.w])
	}
	b.r += size
	b.lastByte = int(b.buf[b.r-1])
	b.lastRuneSize = size
	return r, size, nil
}

// UnreadRune unreads the last rune. If the most recent method called on