Function WriteCompactSize

src/serialize.h:244–266

template<typename Stream>
void WriteCompactSize(Stream& os, uint64_t nSize)
{
    if (nSize < 253)
    {
        ser_writedata8(os, nSize);
    }
    else if (nSize <= std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max())
    {
        ser_writedata8(os, 253);
        ser_writedata16(os, nSize);
    }
    else if (nSize <= std::numeric_limits<unsigned int>::max())
    {
        ser_writedata8(os, 254);
        ser_writedata32(os, nSize);
    }
    else
    {
        ser_writedata8(os, 255);
        ser_writedata64(os, nSize);
    }
    return;
}

/**
 * Decode a CompactSize-encoded variable-length integer.