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+/*
+ * %CopyrightBegin%
+ * 
+ * Copyright Ericsson AB 1998-2009. All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
+ * Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+ * compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
+ * Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
+ * retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+ * basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+ * the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ * 
+ * %CopyrightEnd%
+ */
+#include <string.h>
+#include "eidef.h"
+#include "eiext.h"
+#include "putget.h"
+
+int ei_decode_atom(const char *buf, int *index, char *p)
+{
+  const char *s = buf + *index;
+  const char *s0 = s;
+  int len;
+
+  if (get8(s) != ERL_ATOM_EXT) return -1;
+
+  len = get16be(s);
+
+  if (p) {
+    memmove(p,s,len); 
+    p[len] = (char)0;
+  }
+  s += len;
+  *index += s-s0;
+  
+  return 0; 
+}