+/* Decode the length of the previous element stored at "p". */
+static unsigned int zipPrevDecodeLength(unsigned char *p, unsigned int *lensize) {
+ unsigned int len = *p;
+ if (len < ZIP_BIGLEN) {
+ if (lensize) *lensize = 1;
+ } else {
+ if (lensize) *lensize = 1+sizeof(len);
+ memcpy(&len,p+1,sizeof(len));
+ }
+ return len;
+}
+
+/* Encode the length of the previous entry and write it to "p". Return the
+ * number of bytes needed to encode this length if "p" is NULL. */
+static unsigned int zipPrevEncodeLength(unsigned char *p, unsigned int len) {
+ if (p == NULL) {
+ return (len < ZIP_BIGLEN) ? 1 : sizeof(len)+1;
+ } else {
+ if (len < ZIP_BIGLEN) {
+ p[0] = len;
+ return 1;
+ } else {
+ p[0] = ZIP_BIGLEN;
+ memcpy(p+1,&len,sizeof(len));
+ return 1+sizeof(len);
+ }
+ }
+}
+