checkNotNull(target);
      checkPositionIndexes(off, off + len, bytes.length);
      for (int i = 0; i < len; i += alphabet.bytesPerChunk) {
        encodeChunkTo(target, bytes, off + i, min(alphabet.bytesPerChunk, len - i));
      }
    }

    void encodeChunkTo(Appendable target, byte[] bytes, int off, int len) throws IOException {
      checkNotNull(target);

                int len = 0;
// TODO: we can use new string routine here
                try {
                    if(( flags2 & FLAGS2_UNICODE ) == FLAGS2_UNICODE ) {
                        while( buffer[bufferIndex + len] != (byte)0x00 ||
                                        buffer[bufferIndex + len + 1] != (byte)0x00 ) {
                            len += 2;
                            if( len > 256 ) {

		associationDB.Select(selectedSaveColumns)
	}
	if len(omitColumns) > 0 {
		associationDB.Omit(omitColumns...)
	}
	associationDB = associationDB.Session(&Session{})

	switch reflectValue.Kind() {
	case reflect.Slice, reflect.Array:
		if len(values) != reflectValue.Len() {
			// clear old data
			if clear && len(values) == 0 {
				for i := 0; i < reflectValue.Len(); i++ {

// the corresponding error in errs slice is not nil
func evalDisks(disks []StorageAPI, errs []error) []StorageAPI {
	if len(errs) != len(disks) {
		bugLogIf(GlobalContext, errors.New("unexpected drives/errors slice length"))
		return nil
	}
	newDisks := make([]StorageAPI, len(disks))
	for index := range errs {
		if errs[index] == nil {
			newDisks[index] = disks[index]
		} else {
			newDisks[index] = nil

}

func isLocked(uid string) bool {
	return len(uid) > 0
}

// NewDRWMutex - initializes a new dsync RW mutex.
func NewDRWMutex(clnt *Dsync, names ...string) *DRWMutex {
	restClnts, _ := clnt.GetLockers()
	sort.Strings(names)
	return &DRWMutex{
		writeLocks:           make([]string, len(restClnts)),
		readLocks:            make([]string, len(restClnts)),
		Names:                names,

	assert.Equal(t, len(fds), 1)
	// in theory we should close the fd, but it's just a test..

	assert.Equal(t, m.Payload.(*zdsapi.WorkloadRequest_Add).Add.Uid, uid)
	// send ack so the server doesn't wait for us.
	sendAck(ztunClient)

	// second message should be the snap sent message
	m, fds = readRequest(t, ztunClient)
	assert.Equal(t, len(fds), 0)

		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	left, err := v.UnmarshalMsg(bts)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if len(left) > 0 {
		t.Errorf("%d bytes left over after UnmarshalMsg(): %q", len(left), left)
	}

	left, err = msgp.Skip(bts)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if len(left) > 0 {
		t.Errorf("%d bytes left over after Skip(): %q", len(left), left)
	}
}

func BenchmarkMarshalMsgrebalanceInfo(b *testing.B) {
	v := rebalanceInfo{}

		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	left, err := v.UnmarshalMsg(bts)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if len(left) > 0 {
		t.Errorf("%d bytes left over after UnmarshalMsg(): %q", len(left), left)
	}

	left, err = msgp.Skip(bts)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if len(left) > 0 {
		t.Errorf("%d bytes left over after Skip(): %q", len(left), left)
	}
}

func BenchmarkMarshalMsgBatchJobExpire(b *testing.B) {

		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	left, err := v.UnmarshalMsg(bts)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if len(left) > 0 {
		t.Errorf("%d bytes left over after UnmarshalMsg(): %q", len(left), left)
	}

	left, err = msgp.Skip(bts)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if len(left) > 0 {
		t.Errorf("%d bytes left over after Skip(): %q", len(left), left)
	}
}

func BenchmarkMarshalMsgAccElem(b *testing.B) {
	v := AccElem{}

			return err
		}
		if len(formats) != len(formatErasure.Erasure.Sets)*len(formatErasure.Erasure.Sets[0]) {
			return fmt.Errorf("%s drive is already being used in another erasure deployment. (Number of drives specified: %d but the number of drives found in the %s drive's format.json: %d)",
				disks[i], len(formats), humanize.Ordinal(i+1), len(formatErasure.Erasure.Sets)*len(formatErasure.Erasure.Sets[0]))
		}