From 561fa9c07852e4195e88c63dc0ad31112f7ae1c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kent Ross <k@mad.cash>
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 19:35:58 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] improve encode_varint performance by bounding its loop

---
 src/encoding.rs | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/encoding.rs b/src/encoding.rs
index 0c77123c5..789bb3941 100644
--- a/src/encoding.rs
+++ b/src/encoding.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ pub fn encode_varint<B>(mut value: u64, buf: &mut B)
 where
     B: BufMut,
 {
-    loop {
+    // Varints are never more than 10 bytes
+    for _ in 0..10 {
         if value < 0x80 {
             buf.put_u8(value as u8);
             break;