u32 sqlite3VdbeSerialPut(u8 *buf, Mem *pMem, u32 serial_type){
  u32 len;

  /* Integer and Real */
  if( serial_type<=7 && serial_type>0 ){
    u64 v;
    u32 i;
    if( serial_type==7 ){
      assert( sizeof(v)==sizeof(pMem->u.r) );
      memcpy(&v, &pMem->u.r, sizeof(v));
      swapMixedEndianFloat(v);
    }else{
      v = pMem->u.i;
    }
    len = i = sqlite3SmallTypeSizes[serial_type];
    assert( i>0 );
    do{
      buf[--i] = (u8)(v&0xFF);
      v >>= 8;
    }while( i );
    return len;
  }

  /* String or blob */
  if( serial_type>=12 ){
    assert( pMem->n + ((pMem->flags & MEM_Zero)?pMem->u.nZero:0)
             == (int)sqlite3VdbeSerialTypeLen(serial_type) );
    len = pMem->n;
    if( len>0 ) memcpy(buf, pMem->z, len);
    return len;
  }

  /* NULL or constants 0 or 1 */
  return 0;
}