check if a utf8 string contains a prefix which is the utf16 string; if so return length of matching utf8 string

@internal try reading from the buffer, can fail. */

Update color if needed. */

Returns the thrown error message as a c-style string.

* Copy our pthread type from another var. */

* Copy our pthread type to another var. */

NOTE always runs first

* Clear the entire ring buffer data, marking the buffer as empty. * Requires a buffer struct tied to this class. */

Print a safe assertion error message, with 1 extra signed integer value. */