prysm-pulse/beacon-chain/p2p/encoder/varint.go
Preston Van Loon c0627e29a8 Add varint prefixing to ssz network encoder (#3210)
* Add varint prefixing to ssz network encoder

* fix spacing

* fix comments

* fix comments

* Update varint.go
2019-08-14 16:18:32 -05:00

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package encoder
import (
"errors"
"io"
"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
)
const maxVarintLength = 10
// readVarint at the beginning of a byte slice. This varint may be used to indicate
// the length of the remaining bytes in the reader.
func readVarint(r io.Reader) (uint64, error) {
b := make([]byte, 0, maxVarintLength)
for i := 0; i < maxVarintLength; i++ {
b1 := make([]byte, 1)
n, err := r.Read(b1)
if err != nil {
return 0, err
}
if n != 1 {
return 0, errors.New("did not read a byte from stream")
}
b = append(b, b1[0])
// If most significant bit is not set, we have reached the end of the Varint.
if b1[0]&0x80 == 0 {
break
}
}
vi, n := proto.DecodeVarint(b)
if n != len(b) {
return 0, errors.New("varint did not decode entire byte slice")
}
return vi, nil
}