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Read and write DWARF’s “Little Endian Base 128” (LEB128) variable length integer encoding.
The implementation is a direct translation of the psuedocode in the DWARF 4 standard’s appendix C.
Read and write signed integers:
use leb128::write::LEB128Write;
use leb128::read::LEB128Read;
let mut buf = [0; 1024];
// Write to anything that implements `std::io::Write`.
{
let mut writable = &mut buf[..];
writable.write_signed(-12345).expect("Should write number");
}
// Read from anything that implements `std::io::Read`.
let mut readable = &buf[..];
let val = readable.read_signed().expect("Should read number");
assert_eq!(val, -12345);Or read and write unsigned integers:
use leb128::write::LEB128Write;
use leb128::read::LEB128Read;
let mut buf = [0; 1024];
{
let mut writable = &mut buf[..];
writable.write_unsigned(98765).expect("Should write number");
}
let mut readable = &buf[..];
let val = readable.read_signed().expect("Should read number");
assert_eq!(val, 98765);Re-exports§
pub use self::read::LEB128Read;pub use self::write::LEB128Write;