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+%% @doc
+%% Vanillae RLP encoder/decoder
+%%
+%% Reference: https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/data-structures-and-encoding/rlp/
+%%
+%% Agrees with Ethereum's Python implementation in randomized tests
+-module(vrlp).
+
+-export_type([decoded_data/0]).
+-export([encode/1, decode/1]).
+
+-type decoded_data() :: binary() | [decoded_data()].
+
+
+
+-spec encode(Data) -> RLP
+    when Data :: decoded_data(),
+         RLP  :: binary().
+%% @doc
+%% encode some data
+
+encode(Binary) when is_binary(Binary) ->
+    encode_binary(Binary);
+encode(List) when is_list(List) ->
+    encode_list(List).
+
+
+
+-spec encode_binary(Bytes) -> RLP
+    when Bytes :: binary(),
+         RLP   :: binary().
+%% @private
+%% encode a binary in rlp
+%% @end
+
+% single byte case when the byte is between 0..127
+% result is the byte itself
+encode_binary(<<Byte>>) when Byte =< 127 ->
+    <<Byte>>;
+% if the bytestring is 0..55 items long, the first byte is 128 + Length,
+% the rest of the string is the string
+encode_binary(Bytes) when byte_size(Bytes) =< 55 ->
+    Size = byte_size(Bytes),
+    <<(128 + Size), Bytes/binary>>;
+% more than 55 bytes long, first byte is 183 + ByteLengthOfLength
+% max byte size is 2^64 - 1
+encode_binary(Bytes) when 55 < byte_size(Bytes), byte_size(Bytes) < (1 bsl 64) ->
+    SizeInt       = byte_size(Bytes),
+    SizeBytes     = binary:encode_unsigned(SizeInt, big),
+    SizeOfSizeInt = byte_size(SizeBytes),
+    %% 183 = 128 + 55
+    %% SizeOfSizeInt > 0
+    <<(183 + SizeOfSizeInt),
+      SizeBytes/binary,
+      Bytes/binary>>.
+
+
+
+-spec encode_list(List) -> RLP
+    when List :: [decoded_data()],
+         RLP  :: binary().
+%% @private
+%% encode a list in rlp
+%% @end
+
+% first we encode the total payload of the list
+% depending on how long it is, we then branch
+encode_list(List) ->
+    Payload      = << (encode(Item)) || Item <- List>>,
+    Payload_Size = byte_size(Payload),
+    if
+        Payload_Size =< 55 ->
+            <<(192 + Payload_Size), Payload/binary>>;
+        55 < Payload_Size ->
+            SizeBytes     = binary:encode_unsigned(Payload_Size, big),
+            SizeOfSizeInt = byte_size(SizeBytes),
+            %% 247 = 192 + 55
+            %% SizeOfSizeInt > 0
+            <<(247 + SizeOfSizeInt),
+              SizeBytes/binary,
+              Payload/binary>>
+    end.
+
+
+
+-spec decode(RLP) -> {Data, Rest}
+    when RLP  :: binary(),
+         Data :: decoded_data(),
+         Rest :: binary().
+%% @doc
+%% decode an RLP-encoded string
+%% @end
+
+% if the first byte is between 0 and 127, that is the data
+decode(<<Byte, Rest/binary>>) when Byte =< 127 ->
+    {<<Byte>>, Rest};
+% if the first byte is between 128 and 183 = 128 + 55, it is a bytestring and
+% the length is Byte - 128
+decode(<<Byte, Rest/binary>>) when Byte =< 183 ->
+    PayloadByteLength = Byte - 128,
+    %PayloadBitLength  = 8 * PayloadByteLength,
+    %io:format("Byte              : ~p~n"
+    %          "Rest              : ~w~n"
+    %          "PayloadByteLength : ~p~n",
+    %          %"PayloadBitLength  : ~p~n",
+    %          [Byte, Rest, PayloadByteLength]),
+    <<Payload:PayloadByteLength/binary,
+      Rest2/binary>>  = Rest,
+    {Payload, Rest2};
+% If the first byte is between 184 = 183 + 1 and 191 = 183 + 8, it is a
+% bytestring. The byte length of the byte length of bytestring is FirstByte -
+% 183. Then pull out the actual data
+decode(<<Byte, Rest/binary>>) when Byte =< 191 ->
+    ByteLengthOfByteLength = Byte - 183,
+    BitLengthOfByteLength  = 8 * ByteLengthOfByteLength,
+    <<ByteLengthInt:BitLengthOfByteLength,
+      Rest2/binary>> = Rest,
+    <<Payload:ByteLengthInt/binary,
+      Rest3/binary>> = Rest2,
+    {Payload, Rest3};
+% If the first byte is between 192 and 247 = 192 + 55, it is a list. The byte
+% length of the list-payload is FirstByte - 192. Then the list payload, which
+% needs to be decoded on its own.
+decode(<<Byte, Rest/binary>>) when Byte =< 247 ->
+    ByteLengthOfListPayload = Byte - 192,
+    <<ListPayload:ByteLengthOfListPayload/binary,
+      Rest2/binary>> = Rest,
+    List = decode_list(ListPayload),
+    {List, Rest2};
+% If the first byte is between 248 = 247 + 1 and 255 = 247 + 8, it is a list.
+% The byte length of the byte length of the list-payload is FirstByte - 247.
+% Then the byte length of the list. Then the list payload, which needs to be
+% decoded on its own.
+decode(<<Byte, Rest/binary>>) ->
+    ByteLengthOfByteLengthOfListPayload_int = Byte - 247,
+    BitLengthOfByteLengthOfListPayload_int  = 8 * ByteLengthOfByteLengthOfListPayload_int,
+    <<ByteLengthOfListPayload_int:BitLengthOfByteLengthOfListPayload_int,
+      Rest2/binary>> = Rest,
+    <<ListPayload_bytes:ByteLengthOfListPayload_int/binary,
+      Rest3/binary>> = Rest2,
+    List = decode_list(ListPayload_bytes),
+    {List, Rest3}.
+
+decode_list(<<>>) ->
+    [];
+decode_list(Bytes) ->
+    {Item, Rest} = decode(Bytes),
+    [Item | decode_list(Rest)].