BytesEncodeFormatFromString converts a string into a BytesEncodeFormat.

DecodeRawBytesToByteArray converts raw bytes to a SQL-level byte array according to the encoding specification in "be".

DecodeRawBytesToByteArrayAuto detects which format to use with DecodeRawBytesToByteArray().

EncodeByteArrayToRawBytes converts a SQL-level byte array into raw bytes according to the encoding specification in "be".

EncodeLocaleName writes the locale identifier in s to buf.

LocaleNamesAreEqual checks for equality of two locale names.

NormalizeLocaleName returns a normalized locale identifier based on s.