func (b *Buffer) String() string {
	if b == nil {
		// Special case, useful in debugging.
		return "<nil>"
	}
	return string(b.buf[b.off:])
}

// empty reports whether the unread portion of the buffer is empty.
func (b *Buffer) empty() bool { return len(b.buf) <= b.off }

// Len returns the number of bytes of the unread portion of the buffer;
// b.Len() == len(b.Bytes()).