return 0
		}
		if inv == 0xff {
			return ^int64(x)
		}
		return int64(x)
	}

	// Normal case is base-8 (octal) format.
	return p.parseOctal(b)
}

// formatNumeric encodes x into b using base-8 (octal) encoding if possible.
// Otherwise it will attempt to use base-256 (binary) encoding.
func (f *formatter) formatNumeric(b []byte, x int64) {
	if fitsInOctal(len(b), x) {

		{"\xff\x80\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", math.MinInt64, true},
		{"\xff\x7f\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff", 0, false},
		{"\xf5\xec\xd1\xc7\x7e\x5f\x26\x48\x81\x9f\x8f\x9b", 0, false},

		// Test base-8 (octal) encoded values.
		{"0000000\x00", 0, true},
		{" \x0000000\x00", 0, true},
		{" \x0000003\x00", 3, true},
		{"00000000227\x00", 0227, true},
		{"032033\x00 ", 032033, true},
		{"320330\x00 ", 0320330, true},

</p>
<pre class="ebnf">
rune_lit         = "'" ( unicode_value | byte_value ) "'" .
unicode_value    = unicode_char | little_u_value | big_u_value | escaped_char .
byte_value       = octal_byte_value | hex_byte_value .
octal_byte_value = `\` octal_digit octal_digit octal_digit .
hex_byte_value   = `\` "x" hex_digit hex_digit .
little_u_value   = `\` "u" hex_digit hex_digit hex_digit hex_digit .

<pre class="ebnf">
rune_lit         = "'" ( unicode_value | byte_value ) "'" .
unicode_value    = unicode_char | little_u_value | big_u_value | escaped_char .
byte_value       = octal_byte_value | hex_byte_value .
octal_byte_value = `\` octal_digit octal_digit octal_digit .
hex_byte_value   = `\` "x" hex_digit hex_digit .
little_u_value   = `\` "u" hex_digit hex_digit hex_digit hex_digit .

			// files generated by a pre-Go1.8 toolchain. If the generated file
			// happened to have a prefix field that parses as valid
			// atime and ctime fields (e.g., when they are valid octal strings),
			// then it is impossible to distinguish between a valid GNU file
			// and an invalid pre-Go1.8 file.
			//
			// See https://golang.org/issues/12594
			// See https://golang.org/issues/21005

}

func TestRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
	data := []byte("some file contents")

	var b bytes.Buffer
	tw := NewWriter(&b)
	hdr := &Header{
		Name:       "file.txt",
		Uid:        1 << 21, // Too big for 8 octal digits
		Size:       int64(len(data)),
		ModTime:    time.Now().Round(time.Second),
		PAXRecords: map[string]string{"uid": "2097152"},
		Format:     FormatPAX,
		Typeflag:   TypeReg,
	}