var f formatter
		got := make([]byte, len(v.want))
		f.formatNumeric(got, v.in)
		ok := (f.err == nil)
		if ok != v.ok {
			if v.ok {
				t.Errorf("formatNumeric(%d): got formatting failure, want success", v.in)
			} else {
				t.Errorf("formatNumeric(%d): got formatting success, want failure", v.in)
			}
		}
		if string(got) != v.want {
			t.Errorf("formatNumeric(%d): got %q, want %q", v.in, got, v.want)
		}
	}
}

		}
		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) {
	if fitsInOctal(len(b), x) {
		f.formatOctal(b, x)
		return
	}

	if fitsInBase256(len(b), x) {