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+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Package syscall contains an interface to the low-level operating system
+// primitives.  The details vary depending on the underlying system.
+// Its primary use is inside other packages that provide a more portable
+// interface to the system, such as "os", "time" and "net".  Use those
+// packages rather than this one if you can.
+// For details of the functions and data types in this package consult
+// the manuals for the appropriate operating system.
+// These calls return errno == 0 to indicate success; otherwise
+// errno is an operating system error number describing the failure.
+package syscall
+
+import "unsafe"
+
+// StringByteSlice returns a NUL-terminated slice of bytes
+// containing the text of s.
+func StringByteSlice(s string) []byte {
+	a := make([]byte, len(s)+1)
+	copy(a, s)
+	return a
+}
+
+// StringBytePtr returns a pointer to a NUL-terminated array of bytes
+// containing the text of s.
+func StringBytePtr(s string) *byte { return &StringByteSlice(s)[0] }
+
+// Single-word zero for use when we need a valid pointer to 0 bytes.
+// See mksyscall.pl.
+var _zero uintptr
+
+var dummy *byte
+const sizeofPtr uintptr = uintptr(unsafe.Sizeof(dummy))