* @return a negative value if {@code a} is less than {@code b}; a positive value if {@code a} is
   *     greater than {@code b}; or zero if they are equal
   */
  public static int compare(byte a, byte b) {
    return toInt(a) - toInt(b);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the least value present in {@code array}, treating values as unsigned.
   *
   * @param array a <i>nonempty</i> array of {@code byte} values

	// FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT flag when opening the file if it is a reparse
	// point.”
	//
	// And per https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-createfilew,
	// “If the file is not a reparse point, then this flag is ignored.”
	//
	// So we set FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT unconditionally, since we want
	// information about the reparse point itself.
	//

  public void testToInt() {
    assertThat(UnsignedBytes.toInt((byte) 0)).isEqualTo(0);
    assertThat(UnsignedBytes.toInt((byte) 1)).isEqualTo(1);
    assertThat(UnsignedBytes.toInt((byte) 127)).isEqualTo(127);
    assertThat(UnsignedBytes.toInt((byte) -128)).isEqualTo(128);
    assertThat(UnsignedBytes.toInt((byte) -127)).isEqualTo(129);
    assertThat(UnsignedBytes.toInt((byte) -1)).isEqualTo(255);
  }

  public void testCheckedCast() {

//
// Examples:
//
// - 1.5 will be serialized as "1500m"
// - 1.5Gi will be serialized as "1536Mi"
//
// Note that the quantity will NEVER be internally represented by a
// floating point number. That is the whole point of this exercise.
//
// Non-canonical values will still parse as long as they are well formed,
// but will be re-emitted in their canonical form. (So always use canonical
// form, or don't diff.)
//

    override fun readUnsignedByte(): Int = readByte().let {
        require(it >= 0)
        it.toInt()
    }

    override fun readByte(): Byte = readContext.readByte()

    override fun readUnsignedShort(): Int = readShort().let {
        require(it >= 0)
        it.toInt()
    }

    override fun readShort(): Short = readContext.readShort()

// with the sign bit of f and the result in the same bit position.
// Float32bits(Float32frombits(x)) == x.
func Float32bits(f float32) uint32 { return *(*uint32)(unsafe.Pointer(&f)) }

// Float32frombits returns the floating-point number corresponding
// to the IEEE 754 binary representation b, with the sign bit of b
// and the result in the same bit position.
// Float32frombits(Float32bits(x)) == x.

			ret = debugCallRuntime
			return
		}

		// Check that this isn't an unsafe-point.
		if pc != f.entry() {
			pc--
		}
		up := pcdatavalue(f, abi.PCDATA_UnsafePoint, pc)
		if up != abi.UnsafePointSafe {
			// Not at a safe point.
			ret = debugCallUnsafePoint
		}
	})
	return ret
}

// debugCallWrap starts a new goroutine to run a debug call and blocks

// either because it is of func type (uncomparable in general)
// or because it is a floating-point NaN value (not equal to itself in floating-point comparison),
// or because it is an array, struct, or interface containing
// such a value.
// On the other hand, pointer values are always equal to themselves,
// even if they point at or contain such problematic values,
// because they compare equal using Go's == operator, and that

</p>

<pre>
[...]Point{{1.5, -3.5}, {0, 0}}     // same as [...]Point{Point{1.5, -3.5}, Point{0, 0}}
[][]int{{1, 2, 3}, {4, 5}}          // same as [][]int{[]int{1, 2, 3}, []int{4, 5}}
[][]Point{{{0, 1}, {1, 2}}}         // same as [][]Point{[]Point{Point{0, 1}, Point{1, 2}}}
map[string]Point{"orig": {0, 0}}    // same as map[string]Point{"orig": Point{0, 0}}

	type Point struct {X, Y int}
and the value
	p := Point{22, 33}
the bytes transmitted that encode p will be:
	1f ff 81 03 01 01 05 50 6f 69 6e 74 01 ff 82 00
	01 02 01 01 58 01 04 00 01 01 59 01 04 00 00 00
	07 ff 82 01 2c 01 42 00
They are determined as follows.

Since this is the first transmission of type Point, the type descriptor