Function getint

source/src/protocol.cpp:25–35

void putint(vector<uchar> &p, int n) { putint_(p, n); }

int getint(ucharbuf &p)
{
    int c = (char)p.get();
    if(c==-128) { int n = p.get(); n |= char(p.get())<<8; DEBUGVAR(n); return n; }
    else if(c==-127) { int n = p.get(); n |= p.get()<<8; n |= p.get()<<16; n |= (p.get()<<24); DEBUGVAR(n); return n; }
    else
    {
        DEBUGVAR(c);
        return c;
    }
}

// special encoding for asymmetric small integers: -1..252 go into one byte, -256..65279 go into three bytes and any other int goes into five bytes
// (the network encoding is compatible with basic getint)