2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

M tocs/src/aldat/ser.rs
M tocs/src/io/mem_writer.rs

@@ 97,9 97,7 @@ pub fn serialize(aldat: &AlDat) -> Option<std::vec::Vec<u8>> {
             let padding_len = pad_target - n % pad_target;
             assert!(padding_len > 0);
             writer.write_u8(1);
-            for i in 1..padding_len {
-                writer.write_u8(0);
-            }
+            writer.write_zeros(padding_len - 1);
         } else {
             // last entry
             writer.write_u8(1);

@@ 49,6 49,10 @@ impl MemWriter {
         self.inner.extend_from_slice(s);
     }
 
+    pub fn write_zeros(&mut self, n: usize) {
+        self.inner.resize(self.inner.len() + n, 0u8);
+    }
+
     pub fn write_padded_byte_str<const PADDING: usize>(&mut self, s: PaddedByteStr<'_, PADDING>) {
         s.write_to(&mut self.inner).unwrap(); // writing to vec should not fail
     }