handle EOF in File::getVLI()

[micsthepick]

convert EOF to 0 to prevent infinite loop.

[micsthepick]

see also: hxim/paq8px#183

[kaitz]

I have not yet tested this.
Also one text string is changed. Char encoding type problem.

[micsthepick]

Hmm, maybe it would be better to use escape sequences. The editor I used was either VSCode or Nano.

[micsthepick]

can't see that diff locally:

git diff HEAD~
diff --git a/file/File.cpp b/file/File.cpp
index 820d1da..b6f2e99 100644
--- a/file/File.cpp
+++ b/file/File.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ uint64_t File::getVLI() {
   int k = 0;
   uint8_t b = 0;
   do {
-    b = getchar();
+    b = max(0, getchar());
     i |= static_cast<uint64_t>(b & 0x7F) << k;
     k += 7;
   } while((b >> 7) > 0 );
mike@JOIN:~/paq8px2$ git branch
  master
  oldmain
* patch_1
  patch_2

[micsthepick]

sha256sum file/File.cpp
28d1c551caf220fa7ef93c5d8e1a59514e16c002e67fa707612e13fa08a89919  file/File.cpp
...
git checkout HEAD~
Note: switching to 'HEAD~'.
...

HEAD is now at 37fb9c8 Merge pull request #180 from GotthardtZ/master
mike@JOIN:~/paq8px2$ sha256sum file/File.cpp
39d1b4cb18cd81e6581f07649aab441a92f3beda5fa4ebc11300871bffad20f3  file/File.cpp

[micsthepick]

the second diff here looks to be a Github specific bug

[micsthepick]

see the discussion I raised at https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/147176