From 61ae0cd39f361e9e5c10b073190f773b46886c04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yury Melnichek <melnichek@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 23:55:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add WriteZeroesToSink() to write_to_sink.hpp

---
 coding/write_to_sink.hpp | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/coding/write_to_sink.hpp b/coding/write_to_sink.hpp
index 1f291d9c8b..8d1adf5faa 100644
--- a/coding/write_to_sink.hpp
+++ b/coding/write_to_sink.hpp
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ template <class TSink> void WriteToSink(TSink & sink, uint64_t v)
   sink.Write(&t, 8);
 }
 
+template <class TSink> void WriteZeroesToSink(TSink & sink, uint64_t size)
+{
+  uint8_t const zeroes[256] = { 0 };
+  for (uint64_t i = 0; i < (size >> 8); ++i)
+    sink.Write(zeroes, 256);
+  sink.Write(zeroes, size & 255);
+}
+
 template <typename SinkT>
 struct WriterFunctor
 {