varintf

Overview ¶

Package varintf implements Factom's varInt_F specification.

The varInt_F specifications uses the top bit (0x80) in each byte as the continuation bit. If this bit is set, continue to read the next byte. If this bit is not set, then this is the last byte. The remaining 7 bits are the actual data of the number. The bytes are ordered big endian, unlike the varInt used by protobuf or provided by package encoding/binary.

https://github.com/FactomProject/FactomDocs/blob/master/factomDataStructureDetails.md#variable-integers-varint_f