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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+Variable-length integer decoding
+================================
+
+This package provides a collection of `Attoparsec` `Parser`s to decode integers
+encoded in several variable-length formats.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/attoparsec-varword.cabal b/attoparsec-varword.cabal
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+name:                attoparsec-varword
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Variable-length integer decoding for Attoparsec
+description:
+  A collection of 'Data.Attoparsec.Parser's that decode integer types from
+  compact, variable-length representations.
+homepage:            https://github.com/concert/hs-varword#readme
+bug-reports:         https://github.com/concert/hs-varword/issues
+stability:           Experimental
+license:             LGPL-3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Paul Weaver
+maintainer:          paul@concertdaw.co.uk
+copyright:           2018 Concert Audio Technologies Ltd
+category:            Data
+build-type:          Simple
+extra-source-files:  README.md
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/githubuser/attoparsec-varword
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  ghc-options:         -Wall
+  default-extensions:  BinaryLiterals
+  exposed-modules:     Data.Attoparsec.VarWord
+                     , Data.Attoparsec.VarWord.Internal
+  build-depends:       base >= 4.7 && < 5
+                     , attoparsec >= 0.10 && < 0.14
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+test-suite attoparsec-varword-test
+  type:                exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  main-is:             Spec.hs
+  hs-source-dirs:      test
+  ghc-options:         -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N -Wall
+  default-extensions:  BinaryLiterals
+  build-depends:       base >= 4.7 && < 5
+                     , attoparsec-varword
+                     , attoparsec >= 0.10 && < 0.14
+                     , bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.11
+                     , bytestring-builder-varword >= 0.1 && < 0.2
+                     , hspec >= 2.4.3 && < 2.5.0
+                     , QuickCheck >= 2.7 && < 2.11.4
+  other-modules:       Data.Attoparsec.VarWordSpec
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
diff --git a/src/Data/Attoparsec/VarWord.hs b/src/Data/Attoparsec/VarWord.hs
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+{- |
+Description: "Attoparsec" 'Parser's for varible-length-encoded integers
+
+We define "Attoparsec" 'Parser's for several different variable-length integer
+encoding schemes. These schemes are useful for transmitting numerical data
+in a more compact form than would be available from simple big- or little-endian
+encoding of the values.
+-}
+
+module Data.Attoparsec.VarWord
+  ( varWordBe, denseVarWordBe
+  , varWordLe
+  ) where
+
+import Data.Attoparsec.ByteString (Parser)
+import Data.Bits (Bits)
+
+import Data.Attoparsec.VarWord.Internal (varWordBe', varWordLe')
+
+
+-- |  Decode a big-endian (most significant byte first), variable-length encoded
+--    value.
+--
+--    > +-- Keep reading
+--    > |        +-- Keep reading
+--    > |        |        +-- Stop
+--    > v        v        v
+--    > 10000001 10010000 00100000
+--    >  |<--->|  |<--->|  |<--->|
+--    >  Data(A)  Data(B)  Data(C)
+--    >
+--    >   ==   1 0010000 0100000 == 18464
+--    >      (A) (B)     (C)
+--
+--    >>> parseOnly varWordBe "\129\144\32"
+--    Right 18464
+--
+varWordBe :: (Bits a, Integral a) => Parser a
+varWordBe = varWordBe' 0 0
+
+-- | Decode a big-endian (least significant byte first), variable length
+--   encoded value where the continuation byte is used to carry data also.
+--
+--    > +-- Keep reading
+--    > |        +-- Keep reading
+--    > |        |        +-- Stop
+--    > v        v        v
+--    > 10000001 10010000 00100000
+--    >  |<--->|  |<--->|  |<--->|
+--    >  Data(A)  Data(B)  Data(C)
+--    >
+--    >   ==  10 0010001 0100000 == 34976
+--    >    (A+1) (B+1)   (C)
+--
+--    >>> parseOnly denseVarWordBeP "\129\144\32"
+--    Right 34976
+--
+denseVarWordBe :: (Bits a, Integral a) => Parser a
+denseVarWordBe = varWordBe' 1 0
+
+-- | Decode a little-endian (least significant byte first), variable length
+--   encoded value.
+--
+--    > +-- Keep reading
+--    > |        +-- Keep reading
+--    > |        |        +-- Stop
+--    > v        v        v
+--    > 10000001 10010000 00100000
+--    >  |<--->|  |<--->|  |<--->|
+--    >  Data(A)  Data(B)  Data(C)
+--    >
+--    >   == 100000 0010000 0000001 == 526337
+--    >      (C)    (B)     (A)
+--
+--    >>> parseOnly varWordLe "\129\144\32"
+--    Right 526337
+--
+varWordLe :: (Bits a, Integral a) => Parser a
+varWordLe = varWordLe' 0 0
diff --git a/src/Data/Attoparsec/VarWord/Internal.hs b/src/Data/Attoparsec/VarWord/Internal.hs
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+{- |
+Internal implementation of variable-length decoding. This API is not guaranteed
+to be stable.
+-}
+module Data.Attoparsec.VarWord.Internal
+  ( varWordBe', varWordLe'
+  ) where
+
+import Data.Attoparsec.ByteString (Parser, anyWord8)
+import Data.Bits (Bits, shiftL, testBit, (.&.), (.|.))
+import Data.Word
+
+
+msb :: Word8 -> Bool
+msb = flip testBit 7
+
+lsbs :: Word8 -> Word8
+lsbs = (.&. 0b01111111)
+
+
+-- | Internal implementation of big-endian variable-length decoding, exposing
+--   the accumulator and how much to increment each continuation chunk.
+varWordBe' :: (Bits a, Integral a) => a -> a -> Parser a
+varWordBe' contInc acc = do
+  byte <- anyWord8
+  let acc' = shiftL acc 7 .|. fromIntegral (lsbs byte)
+  if msb byte
+    then varWordBe' contInc (acc' + contInc)
+    else return acc'
+
+
+-- | Internal implementation of little-endian variable-length decoding, exposing
+--   the accumulator and the shift for each chunk.
+varWordLe' :: (Bits a, Integral a) => Int -> a -> Parser a
+varWordLe' shiftBy acc = do
+  byte <- anyWord8
+  let acc' = acc .|. shiftL (fromIntegral $ lsbs byte) shiftBy
+  if msb byte
+    then varWordLe' (shiftBy + 7) acc'
+    else return acc'
diff --git a/test/Data/Attoparsec/VarWordSpec.hs b/test/Data/Attoparsec/VarWordSpec.hs
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+module Data.Attoparsec.VarWordSpec where
+
+import Test.Hspec
+import Test.QuickCheck
+import Data.Attoparsec.ByteString (Parser, parseOnly)
+import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LBS
+import Data.Word
+
+import Data.ByteString.Builder (Builder)
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Builder as Builder
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Builder.VarWord as Builder
+
+import Data.Attoparsec.VarWord (varWordBe, denseVarWordBe, varWordLe)
+
+spec :: Spec
+spec = do
+  varWordSpec "Big-endian chunked number parser"
+    varWordBe Builder.varWordBe 18464
+  varWordSpec "Big-endian dense chunked number parser"
+    denseVarWordBe Builder.denseVarWordBe 34976
+  varWordSpec "Little-endian chunked number parser"
+    varWordLe Builder.varWordLe 526337
+
+
+varWordSpec :: String -> Parser Word32 -> (Word32 -> Builder) -> Word32 -> Spec
+varWordSpec s p b expected = describe s $ do
+  it "should parse a known bytestring" $ do
+    parseOnly p (BS.pack [0b10000001, 0b10010000, 0b00100000])
+      `shouldBe` Right expected
+  it "should parse any valid single byte" $ forAll (choose (0, 127)) $ \word8 ->
+    parseOnly p (BS.singleton word8) `shouldBe` Right (fromIntegral word8)
+  it "should roundtrip any valid bytestring" $ property $ \word32 ->
+    let
+      encoded = LBS.toStrict $ Builder.toLazyByteString $ b word32
+    in
+      parseOnly p encoded `shouldBe` Right word32
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -F -pgmF hspec-discover #-}
