func (p *parser) parseNumeric(b []byte) int64 {
	// Check for base-256 (binary) format first.
	// If the first bit is set, then all following bits constitute a two's
	// complement encoded number in big-endian byte order.
	if len(b) > 0 && b[0]&0x80 != 0 {
		// Handling negative numbers relies on the following identity:
		//	-a-1 == ^a
		//
		// If the number is negative, we use an inversion mask to invert the

### Internal

* 🔧 Update sponsors: Coherence link. PR [#12130](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/pull/12130) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).

## 0.112.4

This release is mainly a big internal refactor to enable adding support for Pydantic models for `Form` fields, but that feature comes in the next release.