altNode.setCar(snode);
for (int i=0; i<itemNum; i++) {
snode = new StringNode();
for (int j = 0; j < items[i].codeLen; j++) snode.catCode(items[i].code[j], enc);
ConsAltNode an = newAltNode(null, null);
if (items[i].byteLen != slen) {
int q = p + items[i].byteLen;
if (q < end) {