#pragma warning disable CS0675 // Bitwise-or operator used on a sign-extended operand
/// <summary>
/// Reads the next VINT from a stream, does not cut the leading 1.
/// </summary>
public static long ReadTag(Stream reader)
{
int first = reader.ReadByte();
int extraBytes = QMath.LeadingZerosInByte(first);
long value = first;
for (int i = 0; i < extraBytes; ++i)
{
value = (value << 8) | reader.ReadByte();
}
return(value);
}
