Function ReadCompactSize

src/serialize.h:275–305

 */
template<typename Stream>
uint64_t ReadCompactSize(Stream& is, bool range_check = true)
{
    uint8_t chSize = ser_readdata8(is);
    uint64_t nSizeRet = 0;
    if (chSize < 253)
    {
        nSizeRet = chSize;
    }
    else if (chSize == 253)
    {
        nSizeRet = ser_readdata16(is);
        if (nSizeRet < 253)
            throw std::ios_base::failure("non-canonical ReadCompactSize()");
    }
    else if (chSize == 254)
    {
        nSizeRet = ser_readdata32(is);
        if (nSizeRet < 0x10000u)
            throw std::ios_base::failure("non-canonical ReadCompactSize()");
    }
    else
    {
        nSizeRet = ser_readdata64(is);
        if (nSizeRet < 0x100000000ULL)
            throw std::ios_base::failure("non-canonical ReadCompactSize()");
    }
    if (range_check && nSizeRet > MAX_SIZE) {
        throw std::ios_base::failure("ReadCompactSize(): size too large");
    }
    return nSizeRet;
}

/**
 * Variable-length integers: bytes are a MSB base-128 encoding of the number.