https://github.com/bbqsrc/fastvlq

A fast variant of Variable-Length Quantity with a focus on speed and no_std support.
https://github.com/bbqsrc/fastvlq

no-std rust u64 varint vlq

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A fast variant of Variable-Length Quantity with a focus on speed and no_std support.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbqsrc/fastvlq
• Owner: bbqsrc
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2020-10-08T21:04:01.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2021-08-31T09:37:28.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-01T21:16:20.205Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: no-std, rust, u64, varint, vlq
• Language: Rust
• Homepage: https://docs.rs/fastvlq/
• Size: 42 KB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE-APACHE

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# fastvlq

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Encode and decode with a variant of [variable-length quantity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable-length_quantity) data.

The algorithm uses leading zeros to count how many bytes are required for decoding.

## Usage

Add this to your `Cargo.toml`:

```toml

[dependencies]

fastvlq = "1"

```

## Where is this used?

* [box](https://github.com/bbqsrc/box) - a modern replacement for the zip file format

## License

Licensed under either of

* Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)

* MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.