Package encoding/binary types Varint and Uvarint use the protobuf Varint wire format, which is little-endian.
package encoding/binary https://pkg.go.dev/encoding/binary@latest Encoding: Explains how Protocol Buffers encodes data to files or to the wire. https://protobuf.dev/programming-guides/encoding/ "These 7-bit payloads are in little-endian order." On Friday, October 3, 2025 at 11:01:30 AM UTC-4 R. Men wrote: > Hello, I'm new to the language and I have a question about uvarint > decoding, hoping someone can clarify. Looking at the the source code, it > seems to assume that data is littleEndian and converts to bigEndian. What > if my data is already bigEndian? > > Here's the current problem I'm trying to resolve > buf{0x81, 0x47} ----> 1000 0001 , 0100 0111 > > I'm expecting ----> x000 0001 , x100 0111 > ----> 0000 0000 , 1100 0111 > ----> 0xC7 > but instead I'm getting > -----> x100 0111 , x000 0001 > -----> 0010 0011 , 1000 0001 > -----> 0x2381 > Is there a variant of uvarint that preserves the order or some solution to > this? > Thank you for the help! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/b96e6b54-2850-4b8f-ae39-7323a776c929n%40googlegroups.com.
