Function encodeVarint

src/addresses.py:57–71

(integer)

    return num

def encodeVarint(integer):
    if integer < 0:
        logger.error('varint cannot be < 0')
        raise SystemExit
    if integer < 253:
        return pack('>B',integer)
    if integer >= 253 and integer < 65536:
        return pack('>B',253) + pack('>H',integer)
    if integer >= 65536 and integer < 4294967296:
        return pack('>B',254) + pack('>I',integer)
    if integer >= 4294967296 and integer < 18446744073709551616:
        return pack('>B',255) + pack('>Q',integer)
    if integer >= 18446744073709551616:
        logger.error('varint cannot be >= 18446744073709551616')
        raise SystemExit
    
class varintDecodeError(Exception):
    pass