method signatures

encode() and decode() both have failure modes if you pass in a source or destination buffer that is too small but the return type is usize for both encode() and decode().

The _with_offset() routines could likewise be removed, since slices in rust are very cheap.

These are the routines I'm using inline in desert but I considered using this varinteger first:

https://github.com/substack/desert/blob/46789f4af0e98afb80438cb80db573d0d8dbb630/src/lib.rs#L1020-L1054

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Also ran into this issue trying to use this package. If I put together a pull request, would someone be able to review & publish any relevant changes? (also would be nice to put out feelers for who is actively maintaining this repo!) @yoshuawuyts @Frando @khernyo

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Yup, stumbled over this too and agree. The signatures of the methods @substack posted look good to me! I would review a PR. I don't know if someone actively maintains this currently? If not once we're confident with a 2.0 version (the signature change to return a Result is breaking) I'll look to get it published (there's a few people with publish right to datrs modules, including @bltavares and me) or someone steps up until then I'd say. :-)

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Thanks @Frando ! I'll work up a PR soon.

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Hey, do you have any thoughts on this PR @Frando @substack? Thanks for taking a look!