func isASCII(s string) bool {
	for _, c := range s {
		if c >= 0x80 || c == 0x00 {
			return false
		}
	}
	return true
}

// toASCII converts the input to an ASCII C-style string.
// This is a best effort conversion, so invalid characters are dropped.
func toASCII(s string) string {
	if isASCII(s) {
		return s
	}
	b := make([]byte, 0, len(s))
	for _, c := range s {
		if c < 0x80 && c != 0x00 {
			b = append(b, byte(c))

// Equal reports whether a and b
// are the same length and contain the same bytes.
// A nil argument is equivalent to an empty slice.
func Equal(a, b []byte) bool {
	// Neither cmd/compile nor gccgo allocates for these string conversions.
	return string(a) == string(b)
}

// Compare returns an integer comparing two byte slices lexicographically.
// The result will be 0 if a == b, -1 if a < b, and +1 if a > b.