+static void rec_encode_zint (zint n, unsigned char *buf, int *len)
+{
+ (*len) = 0;
+ while (n > 127)
+ {
+ buf[*len] = (unsigned) (128 + (n & 127));
+ n = n >> 7;
+ (*len)++;
+ }
+ buf[*len] = (unsigned) n;
+ (*len)++;
+}
+
+static void rec_decode_zint(zint *np, unsigned char *buf, int *len)
+{
+ zint n = 0;
+ zint w = 1;
+ (*len) = 0;
+
+ while (buf[*len] > 127)
+ {
+ n += w*(buf[*len] & 127);
+ w = w << 7;
+ (*len)++;
+ }
+ n += w * buf[*len];
+ (*len)++;
+ *np = n;
+}
+