Function encoding_start

gossipd/queries.c:29–38

BOLT #7: * * There are several messages which contain a long array of * `short_channel_id`s (called `encoded_short_ids`) so we include an encoding * byte which allows for different encoding schemes to be defined in the future */

 *  byte which allows for different encoding schemes to be defined in the future
 */
static u8 *encoding_start(const tal_t *ctx, bool prepend_encoding)
{
	u8 *ret;
	if (prepend_encoding) {
		ret = tal_arr(ctx, u8, 1);
		ret[0] = ARR_UNCOMPRESSED;
	} else
		ret = tal_arr(ctx, u8, 0);
	return ret;
}

/* Marshal a single short_channel_id */
static void encoding_add_short_channel_id(u8 **encoded,