griffin-core 0.3.0

UTXO framework for Substrate and Polkadot.
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//! Decode / encode variable-length uints

// use std::io::{Cursor, Read, Write};
use core2::io::{Cursor, Read};
// use alloc::vec::Vec;

use thiserror_no_std::Error;

#[derive(Error, Debug)]
pub enum Error {
    #[error("variable-length uint overflow")]
    VarUintOverflow,

    #[error("unexpected end-of-buffer")]
    UnexpectedEof,
}

pub fn read(cursor: &mut Cursor<&[u8]>) -> Result<u64, Error> {
    let mut output = 0u128;
    let mut buf = [0u8; 1];

    loop {
        cursor
            .read_exact(&mut buf)
            .map_err(|_| Error::UnexpectedEof)?;

        let byte = buf[0];

        output = (output << 7) | (byte & 0x7F) as u128;

        if output > u64::MAX.into() {
            // Strictly speaking, if we find a value above max u64, an overflow error should
            // be returned. The problem is that testnet has some invalid address values
            // somehow minted in valid blocks. The node and many explorers, instead of
            // throwing an error, return max u64 as a workaround. We copy the same behavior
            // to maintain homogeneity.
            //
            // return Err(Error::VarUintOverflow);
            return Ok(u64::MAX);
        }

        if (byte & 0x80) == 0 {
            return Ok(output as u64);
        }
    }
}

// pub fn write(cursor: &mut Cursor<Vec<u8>>, mut num: u64) {
//     let mut output = vec![num as u8 & 0x7F];
//     num /= 128;
//     while num > 0 {
//         output.push((num & 0x7F) as u8 | 0x80);
//         num /= 128;
//     }
//     output.reverse();

//     cursor.write_all(&output).unwrap();
// }