} else {
			class = ClassContextSpecific
		}

		if params.explicit {
			t.tag = bytesEncoder(appendTagAndLength(t.scratch[:0], tagAndLength{ClassUniversal, tag, bodyLen, isCompound}))

			tt := new(taggedEncoder)

			tt.body = t

			tt.tag = bytesEncoder(appendTagAndLength(tt.scratch[:0], tagAndLength{
				class:      class,
				tag:        *params.tag,
				length:     bodyLen + t.tag.Len(),