b = append(b, byte(c))
		}
	}
	return string(b)
}

type parser struct {
	err error // Last error seen
}

type formatter struct {
	err error // Last error seen
}

// parseString parses bytes as a NUL-terminated C-style string.
// If a NUL byte is not found then the whole slice is returned as a string.
func (*parser) parseString(b []byte) string {
	if i := bytes.IndexByte(b, 0); i >= 0 {

		{"0123456789abcdef", 0, false},
		{"0123456789\x00abcdef", 0, false},
		{"01234567\x0089abcdef", 342391, true},
		{"0123\x7e\x5f\x264123", 0, false},
	}

	for _, v := range vectors {
		var p parser
		got := p.parseNumeric([]byte(v.in))
		ok := (p.err == nil)
		if ok != v.ok {
			if v.ok {
				t.Errorf("parseNumeric(%q): got parsing failure, want success", v.in)
			} else {