}()
	// TODO(http://golang.org/issue/51462): We should rely on the append-make
	// pattern so that the compiler can call runtime.growslice. For example:
	//	return append(b, make([]byte, n)...)
	// This avoids unnecessary zero-ing of the first len(b) bytes of the
	// allocated slice, but this pattern causes b to escape onto the heap.
	//
	// Instead use the append-make pattern with a nil slice to ensure that