p.err = ErrHeader // Integer overflow
			return 0
		}
		if inv == 0xff {
			return ^int64(x)
		}
		return int64(x)
	}

	// Normal case is base-8 (octal) format.
	return p.parseOctal(b)
}

// formatNumeric encodes x into b using base-8 (octal) encoding if possible.
// Otherwise it will attempt to use base-256 (binary) encoding.
func (f *formatter) formatNumeric(b []byte, x int64) {

// It then attempts to guess the specific format based on magic values.
// If the checksum fails, then FormatUnknown is returned.
func (b *block) getFormat() Format {
	// Verify checksum.
	var p parser
	value := p.parseOctal(b.toV7().chksum())
	chksum1, chksum2 := b.computeChecksum()
	if p.err != nil || (value != chksum1 && value != chksum2) {
		return FormatUnknown
	}

	// Guess the magic values.