bson_vector_packed_bit_const_view_padding

Returns the number of unused bits in a Vector referenced by a bson_vector_packed_bit_const_view_t <>.

Synopsis

size_t
bson_vector_packed_bit_const_view_padding (bson_vector_packed_bit_const_view_t view);

Parameters

Description

The 3-bit padding field is extracted from a copy of the Vector header inside view.

Returns

The number of unused bits in the final packed byte. Guaranteed to be between 0 and 7 inclusive. Vector validation guarantees that empty Vectors have a padding of 0.

See also:

bson_vector_packed_bit_view_padding() <>

Author

MongoDB, Inc

Info

Mar 04, 2026 2.2.3 libbson