tx = 0b10000000
	t2 = 0b11000000
	t3 = 0b11100000
	t4 = 0b11110000
	t5 = 0b11111000

	maskx = 0b00111111
	mask2 = 0b00011111
	mask3 = 0b00001111
	mask4 = 0b00000111

	rune1Max = 1<<7 - 1
	rune2Max = 1<<11 - 1
	rune3Max = 1<<16 - 1

	// The default lowest and highest continuation byte.
	locb = 0b10000000
	hicb = 0b10111111

	// These names of these constants are chosen to give nice alignment in the