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
		// data bytes and treat the value as an unsigned number.
		var inv byte // 0x00 if positive or zero, 0xff if negative
		if b[0]&0x40 != 0 {
			inv = 0xff
		}

		var x uint64

### Internal

* ✏️ Update Pydantic links to dotenv support. PR [#10511](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/10511) by [@White-Mask](https://github.com/White-Mask).
* ✏️ Update links in `docs/en/docs/async.md` and `docs/zh/docs/async.md` to make them relative. PR [#10498](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/10498) by [@hasnatsajid](https://github.com/hasnatsajid).