integer-encoding 1.1.7

varint+zigzag and fixedint integer encoding/decoding (https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/encoding)
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# integer-encoding-rs

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[full documentation](https://docs.rs/integer-encoding/)

This crate provides encoding and decoding of integers to and from bytestring
representations.

The format is described here: [Google's protobuf integer encoding technique](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/encoding).

## FixedInt

`FixedInt` casts integers to bytes by either copying the underlying memory or
performing a transmutation. The encoded values use machine endianness
(little-endian on x86).

## VarInt

`VarInt` encodes integers in blocks of 7 bits; the MSB is set for every byte but
the last, in which it is cleared.

Signed values are first converted to an unsigned representation using zigzag
encoding (also described on the page linked above), and then encoded as every
other unsigned number.