if ( str == null ) {
            return new byte[0];
        }
        return str.getBytes(encoding);
    }


    /**
     * 
     * @param str
     * @return the string as bytes (UTF16-LE)
     */
    public static byte[] getUNIBytes ( String str ) {
        return getBytes(str, UNI_ENCODING);
    }


    /**
     * 
     * @param str
     * @return the string as bytes (ASCII)
     */

	c = d.next()
	if !utf16.IsSurrogate(r) || c != '\\' {
		d.scratch.addRune(r)
		goto scan
	}
	if c = d.next(); c != 'u' {
		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
}

pkg syscall (windows-amd64), const WSAENOPROTOOPT = 10042 #62254
pkg syscall (windows-amd64), const WSAENOPROTOOPT Errno #62254
pkg syscall, const EBADMSG Errno #67998
pkg syscall, const EPROTO Errno #67998
pkg unicode/utf16, func RuneLen(int32) int #44940
pkg unique, func Make[$0 comparable]($0) Handle[$0] #62483
pkg unique, method (Handle[$0]) Value() $0 #62483

func TestDecoderNested(t *testing.T) {
	var (
		counter int
		mv      *MetaValue
		body    = `{
  "1": {
    "bio": "bada bing bada boom",
    "id": 0,
    "name": "Roberto",
    "nested1": {
      "bio": "utf16 surrogate (\ud834\udcb2)\n\u201cutf 8\u201d",
      "id": 1.5,
      "name": "Roberto*Maestro",
      "nested2": { "nested2arr": [0,1,2], "nested3": {
        "nested4": { "depth": "recursion" }}
			}
		}
  },

pkg time, const DateTime ideal-string #52746
pkg time, const TimeOnly = "15:04:05" #52746
pkg time, const TimeOnly ideal-string #52746
pkg time, method (Time) Compare(Time) int #50770
pkg unicode/utf16, func AppendRune([]uint16, int32) []uint16 #51896
# freebsd riscv64 port
pkg log/syslog (freebsd-riscv64), const LOG_ALERT = 1 #53466
pkg log/syslog (freebsd-riscv64), const LOG_ALERT Priority #53466