// This function may return negative numbers.
// If parsing fails or an integer overflow occurs, err will be set.
func (p *parser) parseNumeric(b []byte) int64 {
	// Check for base-256 (binary) format first.
	// If the first bit is set, then all following bits constitute a two's
	// complement encoded number in big-endian byte order.
	if len(b) > 0 && b[0]&0x80 != 0 {
		// Handling negative numbers relies on the following identity:

		{"0.123456789abcdef", time.Time{}, false},
		{"foo", time.Time{}, false},
		{"\x00", time.Time{}, false},
		{"𝟵𝟴𝟳𝟲𝟱.𝟰𝟯𝟮𝟭𝟬", time.Time{}, false}, // Unicode numbers (U+1D7EC to U+1D7F5)
		{"98765﹒43210", time.Time{}, false}, // Unicode period (U+FE52)
	}

	for _, v := range vectors {
		ts, err := parsePAXTime(v.in)
		ok := (err == nil)
		if v.ok != ok {
			if v.ok {