#Bencode implementation

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Hi, can anyone review my implementation of bencode in C++17/20? This is just a header file I plan to use elsewhere in my project.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bencode

Bencode

Bencode (pronounced like Bee-encode) is the encoding used by the peer-to-peer file sharing system BitTorrent for storing and transmitting loosely structured data.It supports four different types of values:

byte strings,
integers,
lists, and
dictionaries (associative arrays).Bencoding is most commonly used in torrent files, and as such is part o...

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btw I'm aware some of these functions should be defined elsewhere, that's not quite what I'm looking for feedback on

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We engage in a modicum of c-style string parsing