# Write the integer `value` either as the shortest possible MessagePack _int_
	fun write_msgpack_int(value: Int)
	do
		if value >= -0x20 and value <= 0x7F then
			write_msgpack_fixint value
		else if value >= 0 then
			if value <= 0xFF then
				write_msgpack_uint8 value
			else if value <= 0xFFFF then
				write_msgpack_uint16 value
			else if value <= 0xFFFF_FFFF then
				write_msgpack_uint32 value
			else #if value <= 0xFFFF_FFFF_FFFF_FFFF then
				write_msgpack_uint64 value
			end
		else if value >= -128 then
			write_msgpack_int8 value
		else if value >= -32768 then
			write_msgpack_int16 value
		else if value >= -2147483648 then
			write_msgpack_int32 value
		else
			write_msgpack_int64 value
		end
	end