} else if isDevice {
		// Don't add the extended prefix to device paths, as it would
		// change its meaning.
	} else {
		prefix = []uint16{'\\', '\\', '?', '\\'}
	}

	p, err := syscall.UTF16FromString(path)
	if err != nil {
		return path
	}
	// Estimate the required buffer size using the path length plus the null terminator.
	// pathLength includes the working directory. This should be accurate unless

// function panics instead of returning an error.
//
// Deprecated: Use [UTF16FromString] instead.
func StringToUTF16(s string) []uint16 {
	a, err := UTF16FromString(s)
	if err != nil {
		panic("syscall: string with NUL passed to StringToUTF16")
	}
	return a
}

// UTF16FromString returns the UTF-16 encoding of the UTF-8 string
// s, with a terminating NUL added. If s contains a NUL byte at any

)

// StringToUTF16 is deprecated. Use UTF16FromString instead.
// If s contains a NUL byte this function panics instead of
// returning an error.
func StringToUTF16(s string) []uint16 {
	a, err := UTF16FromString(s)
	if err != nil {
		panic("windows: string with NUL passed to StringToUTF16")
	}
	return a
}

// UTF16FromString returns the UTF-16 encoding of the UTF-8 string

	// Create a file whose name contains unpaired surrogates.
	// Use syscall.CreateFile instead of os.Create to simulate a file that is created by
	// a non-Go program so the file name hasn't gone through syscall.UTF16FromString.
	dirw := utf16.Encode([]rune(dir))
	pathw := append(dirw, namew...)
	fd, err := syscall.CreateFile(&pathw[0], syscall.GENERIC_ALL, 0, nil, syscall.CREATE_NEW, 0, 0)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}

		{"TransmitFileBuffers.TailLength", Field, 0},
		{"Truncate", Func, 0},
		{"UNIX_PATH_MAX", Const, 12},
		{"USAGE_MATCH_TYPE_AND", Const, 0},
		{"USAGE_MATCH_TYPE_OR", Const, 0},
		{"UTF16FromString", Func, 1},
		{"UTF16PtrFromString", Func, 1},
		{"UTF16ToString", Func, 0},
		{"Ucred", Type, 0},
		{"Ucred.Gid", Field, 0},
		{"Ucred.Pid", Field, 0},
		{"Ucred.Uid", Field, 0},