vlen 0.4.2

High-performance variable-length integer encoding with bulk operations, const fn support, and no_std compatibility
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//! Contract tests for the checked (slice-based) API.
//!
//! These pin the guarantees that make `vlen` safe to use on untrusted
//! input: decoding needs only the bytes a value actually occupies,
//! encoding fits exactly-sized buffers, invalid prefixes are rejected
//! instead of desynchronizing the stream, and the bulk operations are
//! byte-for-byte compatible with the per-value scalar codec.

use vlen::{
	Decode, Encode, Error, bulk_decode, bulk_decode_u32, bulk_decode_u64,
	bulk_encode, bulk_encode_u32, bulk_encode_u64, decode_iter,
};

#[test]
fn round_trip_from_exact_slices() {
	fn check<T: Encode + Decode + PartialEq + core::fmt::Debug>(value: T) {
		let mut buf = [0u8; 17];
		let len = value.encode(&mut buf).unwrap();
		assert_eq!(len, value.encoded_size());

		// Decoding must succeed from a slice holding only the value.
		let exact = &buf[..len];
		let (decoded, decoded_len) = T::decode(exact).unwrap();
		assert_eq!(decoded, value);
		assert_eq!(decoded_len, len);

		// Encoding must succeed into a buffer of exactly the right size.
		let mut tight = vec![0u8; len];
		let tight_len = value.encode(&mut tight).unwrap();
		assert_eq!(tight_len, len);
		assert_eq!(&tight[..], exact);
	}

	for value in [0u16, 0x7F, 0x80, 0x3FFF, 0x4000, u16::MAX] {
		check(value);
	}
	for value in [0u32, 0x7F, 0x4000, 0x200000, 0x10000000, u32::MAX] {
		check(value);
	}
	for value in [0u64, 0x7F, 0x10000000, u32::MAX as u64 + 1, u64::MAX] {
		check(value);
	}
	for value in [0u128, 0x7F, u64::MAX as u128 + 1, u128::MAX] {
		check(value);
	}
	for value in [0i16, 1, -1, i16::MIN, i16::MAX] {
		check(value);
	}
	for value in [0i32, 1, -1, i32::MIN, i32::MAX] {
		check(value);
	}
	for value in [0i64, 1, -1, i64::MIN, i64::MAX] {
		check(value);
	}
	for value in [0i128, 1, -1, i128::MIN, i128::MAX] {
		check(value);
	}
	for value in [0.0f32, -0.0, 1.5, f32::MAX, f32::INFINITY] {
		check(value);
	}
	for value in [0.0f64, -0.0, 1.5, f64::MAX, f64::NEG_INFINITY] {
		check(value);
	}
}

#[test]
fn decode_empty_buffer_is_an_error() {
	assert_eq!(
		u32::decode(&[]),
		Err(Error::BufferTooSmall {
			needed: 1,
			available: 0
		})
	);
}

#[test]
fn decode_truncated_value_is_an_error() {
	let mut buf = [0u8; 5];
	let len = vlen::encode_u32(&mut buf, 0x12345678);
	assert_eq!(len, 5);
	assert_eq!(
		u32::decode(&buf[..3]),
		Err(Error::BufferTooSmall {
			needed: 5,
			available: 3
		})
	);
}

#[test]
fn decode_rejects_prefixes_too_long_for_the_type() {
	// 0xF4 announces a 6-byte encoding: valid for u64/u128, not u32.
	let six_byte = [0xF4u8, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1];
	assert_eq!(
		u32::decode(&six_byte),
		Err(Error::InvalidPrefix { prefix: 0xF4 })
	);
	assert!(u64::decode(&six_byte).is_ok());

	// 0xF8 announces a 10-byte encoding: valid only for u128.
	let ten_byte = [0xF8u8, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1];
	assert_eq!(
		u64::decode(&ten_byte),
		Err(Error::InvalidPrefix { prefix: 0xF8 })
	);
	assert!(u128::decode(&ten_byte).is_ok());

	// Anything announcing four or more bytes is invalid for u16.
	assert_eq!(
		u16::decode(&[0xE0u8, 0, 0, 0]),
		Err(Error::InvalidPrefix { prefix: 0xE0 })
	);
	assert_eq!(
		u16::decode(&[0xFFu8, 0, 0]),
		Err(Error::InvalidPrefix { prefix: 0xFF })
	);
}

#[test]
fn decode_u16_rejects_out_of_range_values() {
	// A 3-byte prefix varint can hold up to 2^21 - 1; values above
	// u16::MAX must be rejected rather than silently truncated.
	let mut buf = [0u8; 5];
	let len = vlen::encode_u32(&mut buf, 0x10000);
	assert_eq!(len, 3);
	assert_eq!(u16::decode(&buf[..len]), Err(Error::Overflow));
}

#[test]
fn u16_shares_the_u32_wire_format() {
	// A value encoded as u16 must decode as u32/u64/u128 and vice
	// versa; every width shares one grammar.
	for value in [0u16, 0x7F, 0x80, 0x3FFF, 0x4000, 0xABCD, u16::MAX] {
		let mut buf16 = [0u8; 3];
		let mut buf32 = [0u8; 5];
		let len16 = vlen::encode_u16(&mut buf16, value);
		let len32 = vlen::encode_u32(&mut buf32, value as u32);
		assert_eq!(len16, len32);
		assert_eq!(&buf16[..len16], &buf32[..len32]);

		let (as_u64, _) = u64::decode(&buf16[..len16]).unwrap();
		assert_eq!(as_u64, value as u64);
		let (as_u16, _) = u16::decode(&buf32[..len32]).unwrap();
		assert_eq!(as_u16, value);
	}
}

#[test]
fn encode_into_too_small_buffer_is_an_error() {
	let mut buf = [0u8; 2];
	assert_eq!(
		0x12345678u32.encode(&mut buf),
		Err(Error::BufferTooSmall {
			needed: 5,
			available: 2
		})
	);
	// A small value still fits in the same buffer.
	assert_eq!(5u32.encode(&mut buf), Ok(1));
}

#[test]
fn bulk_round_trip_through_exactly_sized_buffer() {
	let values = [
		0u32,
		1,
		0x7F,
		0x80,
		0x3FFF,
		0x4000,
		0x1FFFFF,
		0x200000,
		0xFFFFFFF,
		0x10000000,
		u32::MAX,
	];
	let total: usize = values.iter().map(|v| v.encoded_size()).sum();

	// Guard bytes after the exactly-sized buffer must stay untouched.
	let mut backing = vec![0xAAu8; total + 8];
	let written = bulk_encode(&mut backing[..total], &values).unwrap();
	assert_eq!(written, total);
	assert!(backing[total..].iter().all(|&b| b == 0xAA));

	let mut decoded = [0u32; 11];
	let read = bulk_decode(&backing[..total], &mut decoded).unwrap();
	assert_eq!(read, total);
	assert_eq!(decoded, values);
}

#[test]
fn bulk_decode_of_truncated_input_is_an_error() {
	let values = [1u32, 70000, 2];
	let mut buf = [0u8; 15];
	let len = bulk_encode(&mut buf, &values).unwrap();
	let mut out = [0u32; 3];
	assert!(bulk_decode(&buf[..len - 1], &mut out).is_err());
}

#[test]
fn specialized_u32_bulk_matches_generic_bulk() {
	// Mixed sizes, including long runs of one-byte and two-byte values
	// that hit the fast paths, must produce canonical bytes and
	// round-trip.
	let mut values = Vec::new();
	for i in 0..64u32 {
		values.push(i % 0x50);
	}
	values.extend([0x80, 0x3FFF, 0x4000, 0x1FFFFF, 0x10000000, u32::MAX]);
	for i in 0..64u32 {
		values.push(0x80 + (i * 37) % 0x3F80);
	}
	values.extend([1, 0x4000, 2]);
	for i in 0..64u32 {
		values.push(0x4000 + (i * 97) % 0x1F_C000);
	}
	values.extend([5, u32::MAX]);
	for i in 0..64u32 {
		values.push(0x20_0000 + (i * 997) % 0xFE0_0000);
	}
	for i in 0..64u32 {
		values.push(0x1000_0000 + (i * 9973) % 0xF000_0000);
	}
	values.extend([7, 0x1234]);
	for i in 0..64u32 {
		values.push(i % 0x50);
	}

	let mut generic = vec![0u8; values.len() * 5];
	let generic_len = bulk_encode(&mut generic, &values).unwrap();
	let mut specialized = vec![0u8; values.len() * 5];
	let specialized_len = bulk_encode_u32(&mut specialized, &values).unwrap();
	assert_eq!(specialized_len, generic_len);
	assert_eq!(&specialized[..specialized_len], &generic[..generic_len]);

	let mut decoded = vec![0u32; values.len()];
	let read =
		bulk_decode_u32(&specialized[..specialized_len], &mut decoded).unwrap();
	assert_eq!(read, specialized_len);
	assert_eq!(decoded, values);

	// The specialized decoder must accept generic output and vice versa.
	let mut decoded2 = vec![0u32; values.len()];
	bulk_decode_u32(&generic[..generic_len], &mut decoded2).unwrap();
	assert_eq!(decoded2, values);
	let mut decoded3 = vec![0u32; values.len()];
	bulk_decode(&specialized[..specialized_len], &mut decoded3).unwrap();
	assert_eq!(decoded3, values);
}

#[test]
fn specialized_u64_bulk_matches_generic_bulk() {
	// Runs of one-byte and two-byte values interleaved with every
	// larger size class, compared against the generic codec.
	let mut values = Vec::new();
	for i in 0..32u64 {
		values.push(i % 0x50);
	}
	for i in 0..32u64 {
		values.push(0x80 + (i * 41) % 0x3F80);
	}
	values.extend([
		0x4000,
		0x1FFFFF,
		0x10000000,
		u32::MAX as u64 + 1,
		u64::MAX,
		0,
	]);
	for i in 0..32u64 {
		values.push(0x4000 + (i * 173) % 0x1F_C000);
	}
	for i in 0..32u64 {
		values.push(0x1000_0000 + (i * 9973) % 0xF000_0000);
	}
	// Runs of wide binary-prefix encodings (six and nine bytes).
	for i in 0..32u64 {
		values.push(0x1_0000_0000 + i * 0x100);
	}
	for i in 0..32u64 {
		values.push(u64::MAX - i * 0x1_0000);
	}
	for i in 0..32u64 {
		values.push(i % 0x50);
	}

	let mut generic = vec![0u8; values.len() * 9];
	let generic_len = bulk_encode(&mut generic, &values).unwrap();
	let mut specialized = vec![0u8; values.len() * 9];
	let specialized_len = bulk_encode_u64(&mut specialized, &values).unwrap();
	assert_eq!(specialized_len, generic_len);
	assert_eq!(&specialized[..specialized_len], &generic[..generic_len]);

	let mut decoded = vec![0u64; values.len()];
	let read =
		bulk_decode_u64(&specialized[..specialized_len], &mut decoded).unwrap();
	assert_eq!(read, specialized_len);
	assert_eq!(decoded, values);

	// Cross-compatibility with the generic path in both directions.
	let mut decoded2 = vec![0u64; values.len()];
	bulk_decode_u64(&generic[..generic_len], &mut decoded2).unwrap();
	assert_eq!(decoded2, values);
	let mut decoded3 = vec![0u64; values.len()];
	bulk_decode(&specialized[..specialized_len], &mut decoded3).unwrap();
	assert_eq!(decoded3, values);
}

#[test]
fn two_byte_run_decode_rejects_invalid_interior() {
	// A stream that starts like a two-byte run but is truncated inside
	// a later value must error, not desynchronize.
	let values = [0x100u32, 0x200, 0x300, 0x400, 0x12345678];
	let mut buf = [0u8; 25];
	let len = bulk_encode(&mut buf, &values).unwrap();
	let mut out = [0u32; 5];
	assert!(bulk_decode_u32(&buf[..len - 2], &mut out).is_err());
}

#[test]
fn decode_iter_yields_each_value() {
	let values = [3u64, 0x4000, u64::MAX, 0, 42];
	let mut buf = [0u8; 45];
	let len = bulk_encode(&mut buf, &values).unwrap();

	let decoded: Result<Vec<u64>, Error> = decode_iter(&buf[..len]).collect();
	assert_eq!(decoded.unwrap(), values);
}

#[test]
fn decode_iter_reports_errors_and_stops() {
	// A prefix invalid for u32 mid-stream must surface as an error.
	let buf = [5u8, 0xF9, 0, 0, 0, 0];
	let mut iter = decode_iter::<u32>(&buf);
	assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(Ok(5)));
	assert_eq!(
		iter.next(),
		Some(Err(Error::InvalidPrefix { prefix: 0xF9 }))
	);
	assert_eq!(iter.next(), None);
}

#[test]
fn error_implements_display_and_error() {
	fn assert_error<E: core::error::Error>(_: &E) {}
	let err = Error::InvalidPrefix { prefix: 0xF9 };
	assert_error(&err);
	assert!(!format!("{err}").is_empty());
}

#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
#[test]
fn vec_convenience_functions_round_trip() {
	let encoded = vlen::encode_to_vec(0x12345u32);
	assert_eq!(encoded.len(), 0x12345u32.encoded_size());
	assert_eq!(vlen::decode_value::<u32>(&encoded), Ok(0x12345));

	let values = [-5i32, 0, 1, i32::MIN, i32::MAX];
	let encoded = vlen::bulk_encode_to_vec(&values);
	let decoded = vlen::bulk_decode_values::<i32>(&encoded).unwrap();
	assert_eq!(decoded, values);
}

#[test]
fn invalid_prefix_wins_over_short_buffer() {
	// A prefix invalid for the type is reported as InvalidPrefix even
	// when the buffer is also shorter than the announced encoding.
	assert_eq!(
		u32::decode(&[0xF7u8]),
		Err(Error::InvalidPrefix { prefix: 0xF7 })
	);
	assert_eq!(
		u16::decode(&[0xE5u8]),
		Err(Error::InvalidPrefix { prefix: 0xE5 })
	);
	// A prefix valid for the type but with missing bytes stays
	// BufferTooSmall.
	assert_eq!(
		u32::decode(&[0xF3u8]),
		Err(Error::BufferTooSmall {
			needed: 5,
			available: 1
		})
	);
	// u128 accepts every prefix; only truncation can fail it.
	assert_eq!(
		u128::decode(&[0xFFu8]),
		Err(Error::BufferTooSmall {
			needed: 17,
			available: 1
		})
	);
}

#[test]
fn specialized_signed_bulk_matches_generic_bulk() {
	// Delta-style signed streams: runs of small magnitudes (the
	// zigzag one- and two-byte classes) mixed with every wider class.
	let mut i32_values = Vec::new();
	for i in 0..64i32 {
		i32_values.push((i % 63) - 31);
	}
	for i in 0..64i32 {
		i32_values.push(((i * 37) % 0x1F00) - 0xF80);
	}
	i32_values.extend([0, 1, -1, 0x40, -0x41, i32::MIN, i32::MAX]);
	for i in 0..64i32 {
		i32_values.push((i % 63) - 31);
	}

	let mut generic = vec![0u8; i32_values.len() * 5];
	let generic_len = vlen::bulk_encode(&mut generic, &i32_values).unwrap();
	let mut specialized = vec![0u8; i32_values.len() * 5];
	let specialized_len =
		vlen::bulk_encode_i32(&mut specialized, &i32_values).unwrap();
	assert_eq!(specialized_len, generic_len);
	assert_eq!(&specialized[..specialized_len], &generic[..generic_len]);

	let mut decoded = vec![0i32; i32_values.len()];
	let read =
		vlen::bulk_decode_i32(&generic[..generic_len], &mut decoded).unwrap();
	assert_eq!(read, generic_len);
	assert_eq!(decoded, i32_values);

	let i64_values: Vec<i64> = i32_values
		.iter()
		.map(|&v| v as i64)
		.chain([i64::MIN, i64::MAX, -0x1_0000_0000])
		.collect();
	let mut generic = vec![0u8; i64_values.len() * 9];
	let generic_len = vlen::bulk_encode(&mut generic, &i64_values).unwrap();
	let mut specialized = vec![0u8; i64_values.len() * 9];
	let specialized_len =
		vlen::bulk_encode_i64(&mut specialized, &i64_values).unwrap();
	assert_eq!(specialized_len, generic_len);
	assert_eq!(&specialized[..specialized_len], &generic[..generic_len]);

	let mut decoded = vec![0i64; i64_values.len()];
	let read =
		vlen::bulk_decode_i64(&generic[..generic_len], &mut decoded).unwrap();
	assert_eq!(read, generic_len);
	assert_eq!(decoded, i64_values);
}

#[test]
fn specialized_decode_iter_matches_generic_iter() {
	// Runs of every size class plus hostile interleaving; the
	// specialized iterator must yield exactly what the generic one
	// yields.
	let mut values = Vec::new();
	for i in 0..64u32 {
		values.push(i % 0x50);
	}
	for i in 0..64u32 {
		values.push(0x80 + (i * 37) % 0x3F80);
	}
	values.extend([1, 0x12345678, 0x4000, 7]);
	for i in 0..64u32 {
		values.push(0x1000_0000 + (i * 9973) % 0xF000_0000);
	}

	let mut buf = vec![0u8; values.len() * 5];
	let len = bulk_encode(&mut buf, &values).unwrap();
	let encoded = &buf[..len];

	let generic: Vec<u32> =
		decode_iter(encoded).collect::<Result<_, _>>().unwrap();
	let specialized: Vec<u32> = vlen::decode_iter_u32(encoded)
		.collect::<Result<_, _>>()
		.unwrap();
	assert_eq!(generic, values);
	assert_eq!(specialized, values);

	let wide: Vec<u64> = values.iter().map(|&v| v as u64).collect();
	let specialized64: Vec<u64> = vlen::decode_iter_u64(encoded)
		.collect::<Result<_, _>>()
		.unwrap();
	assert_eq!(specialized64, wide);
}

#[test]
fn specialized_decode_iter_reports_errors_and_stops() {
	// Same error semantics as the generic iterator: one Err, then
	// fused None — including when the error follows buffered values.
	let buf = [5u8, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 0xF9, 0, 0, 0, 0];
	let mut iter = vlen::decode_iter_u32(&buf);
	for expect in 5u32..=12 {
		assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(Ok(expect)));
	}
	assert_eq!(
		iter.next(),
		Some(Err(Error::InvalidPrefix { prefix: 0xF9 }))
	);
	assert_eq!(iter.next(), None);
	assert_eq!(iter.next(), None);
}

#[test]
fn signed_run_iter_matches_generic_iter() {
	let mut values = Vec::new();
	for i in 0..64i64 {
		values.push((i % 63) - 31);
	}
	values.extend([i64::MIN, i64::MAX, 0, -1]);
	for i in 0..64i64 {
		values.push(((i * 41) % 0x1F00) - 0xF80);
	}

	let mut buf = vec![0u8; values.len() * 9];
	let len = bulk_encode(&mut buf, &values).unwrap();
	let encoded = &buf[..len];

	let generic: Vec<i64> =
		decode_iter(encoded).collect::<Result<_, _>>().unwrap();
	let specialized: Vec<i64> = vlen::decode_iter_i64(encoded)
		.collect::<Result<_, _>>()
		.unwrap();
	assert_eq!(generic, values);
	assert_eq!(specialized, values);

	let narrow: Vec<i32> = values
		.iter()
		.filter(|v| i32::try_from(**v).is_ok())
		.map(|&v| v as i32)
		.collect();
	let mut buf32 = vec![0u8; narrow.len() * 5];
	let len32 = bulk_encode(&mut buf32, &narrow).unwrap();
	let specialized32: Vec<i32> = vlen::decode_iter_i32(&buf32[..len32])
		.collect::<Result<_, _>>()
		.unwrap();
	assert_eq!(specialized32, narrow);
}