<pre>
*Point(p)        // same as *(Point(p))
(*Point)(p)      // p is converted to *Point
&lt;-chan int(c)    // same as &lt;-(chan int(c))
(&lt;-chan int)(c)  // c is converted to &lt;-chan int
func()(x)        // function signature func() x
(func())(x)      // x is converted to func()
(func() int)(x)  // x is converted to func() int
func() int(x)    // x is converted to func() int (unambiguous)
</pre>

<p>

// 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.
// This is a best effort conversion, so invalid characters are dropped.
func toASCII(s string) string {
	if isASCII(s) {
		return s
	}
	b := make([]byte, 0, len(s))

func (s sparseEntry) endOffset() int64 { return s.Offset + s.Length }

// A sparse file can be represented as either a sparseDatas or a sparseHoles.
// As long as the total size is known, they are equivalent and one can be
// converted to the other form and back. The various tar formats with sparse
// file support represent sparse files in the sparseDatas form. That is, they
// specify the fragments in the file that has data, and treat everything else as

}

// The readOp constants describe the last action performed on
// the buffer, so that UnreadRune and UnreadByte can check for
// invalid usage. opReadRuneX constants are chosen such that
// converted to int they correspond to the rune size that was read.
type readOp int8

// Don't use iota for these, as the values need to correspond with the
// names and comments, which is easier to see when being explicit.
const (

	)
	offset = offset.Round(offsetAlias)
	if offset < minOffset || maxOffset < offset {
		offset = 0
	}
	return time.FixedZone("", int(offset/time.Second))
}

// msDosTimeToTime converts an MS-DOS date and time into a time.Time.
// The resolution is 2s.
// See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winbase/nf-winbase-dosdatetimetofiletime
func msDosTimeToTime(dosDate, dosTime uint16) time.Time {

	}
	return string(unicode.ToUpper(r)) + s[size:]
}

// godefsFields rewrites field names for use in Go or C definitions.
// It strips leading common prefixes (like tv_ in tv_sec, tv_usec)
// converts names to upper case, and rewrites _ into Pad_godefs_n,
// so that all fields are exported.
func godefsFields(fld []*ast.Field) {
	prefix := fieldPrefix(fld)

	// Issue 48396: check for duplicate field names.

	// Map of register names to enumeration.
	Register map[string]int16
	// Table of register prefix names. These are things like R for R(0) and SPR for SPR(268).
	RegisterPrefix map[string]bool
	// RegisterNumber converts R(10) into arm.REG_R10.
	RegisterNumber func(string, int16) (int16, bool)
	// Instruction is a jump.
	IsJump func(word string) bool
}

// nilRegisterNumber is the register number function for architectures

func sliceOfString(s [][]byte) []string {
	result := make([]string, len(s))
	for i, v := range s {
		result[i] = string(v)
	}
	return result
}

// For ease of reading, the test cases use strings that are converted to byte
// slices before invoking the functions.

var abcd = "abcd"
var faces = "☺☻☹"
var commas = "1,2,3,4"
var dots = "1....2....3....4"

type BinOpTest struct {
	a string
	b string
	i int
}

<pre>
*Point(p)        // same as *(Point(p))
(*Point)(p)      // p is converted to *Point
&lt;-chan int(c)    // same as &lt;-(chan int(c))
(&lt;-chan int)(c)  // c is converted to &lt;-chan int
func()(x)        // function signature func() x
(func())(x)      // x is converted to func()
(func() int)(x)  // x is converted to func() int
func() int(x)    // x is converted to func() int (unambiguous)
</pre>

<p>

// address parses the operand into a link address structure.
func (p *Parser) address(operand []lex.Token) obj.Addr {
	p.start(operand)
	addr := obj.Addr{}
	p.operand(&addr)
	return addr
}

// parseScale converts a decimal string into a valid scale factor.
func (p *Parser) parseScale(s string) int8 {
	switch s {
	case "1", "2", "4", "8":
		return int8(s[0] - '0')
	}
	p.errorf("bad scale: %s", s)
	return 0
}