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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 "eidef.h"
+#include "eiext.h"
+#include "putget.h"
+
+int ei_decode_char(const char *buf, int *index, char *p)
+{
+  const char *s = buf + *index;
+  const char *s0 = s;
+  long n;
+  int arity;
+
+  switch (get8(s)) {
+  case ERL_SMALL_INTEGER_EXT:
+    n = get8(s);
+    break;
+    
+  case ERL_INTEGER_EXT:
+    n = get32be(s);
+    if (n < 0 || n > 255)
+      return -1;
+    break;
+    
+  case ERL_SMALL_BIG_EXT:
+    arity = get8(s);
+    goto decode_big;
+  case ERL_LARGE_BIG_EXT:
+    arity = get32be(s);
+  decode_big:
+    {
+      int sign = get8(s);
+      int i;
+
+      if (sign) return -1;	/* Char is always > 0 */
+
+      n = get8(s);		/* First byte is our value */
+
+      for (i = 1; i < arity; i++) {
+	if (*(s++) != 0) return -1; /* All but first byte have to be 0 */
+      }
+    }
+    break;
+    
+  default:
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (p) *p = n;
+  *index += s-s0;
+  
+  return 0; 
+}