Big number rework (check point; not tested yet) #252
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New set of functions for big numbers, big floats and decimal fractions to have naming consistency. The old ones are still supported.
This is backwards compatible with QBOR v1. Previous work on v2 big numbers were not. This regains compatibility.
Offset of one for negative numbers is consistency supported for big numbers, big floats and decimal fractions.
Support for preferred serialization of big numbers including big floats and decimal fraction. No-preferred and raw options are provided too.
Prefer "BigNumber" to "bignum" and variants in function and variable naming
Add UsefulBuf_SkipLeading()
Separate definition of QCBORExpAndMantissa for readability of code.