while (i < limit) {
      val c = this[i]
      result +=
        when {
          c.isSurrogate() -> {
            val low = (if (i + 1 < limit) this[i + 1] else '\u0000')
            if (c.isLowSurrogate() || !low.isLowSurrogate()) {
              '?'.code
            } else {
              i++
              0x010000 + (c.code and 0x03ff shl 10 or (low.code and 0x03ff))
            }
          }

        if (index == end) {
          return -c1;
        }
        // Otherwise look for the low surrogate following it
        char c2 = seq.charAt(index);
        if (Character.isLowSurrogate(c2)) {
          return Character.toCodePoint(c1, c2);
        }
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
            "Expected low surrogate but got char '"
                + c2