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
}

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" }}
			}
		}
  },