Levenshtein coding

void levenshteinEncode(char* source, char* dest)
{
    IntReader intreader(source);
    BitWriter bitwriter(dest);
    while (intreader.hasLeft())
    {
        int num = intreader.getInt();
        if (num == 0)
            bitwriter.outputBit(0);
        else
        {
            int c = 0;
            BitStack bits;
            do {
                int m = 0;
                for (int temp = num; temp > 1; temp>>=1)  // calculate floor(log2(num))
                    ++m;
                for (int i=0; i < m; ++i)
                    bits.pushBit((num >> i) & 1);
                num = m;
                ++c;
            } while (num > 0);
            for (int i=0; i < c; ++i)
                bitwriter.outputBit(1);
            bitwriter.outputBit(0);
            while (bits.length() > 0)
                bitwriter.outputBit(bits.popBit());
        }
    }
}

void levenshteinDecode(char* source, char* dest)
{
    BitReader bitreader(source);
    IntWriter intwriter(dest);
    while (bitreader.hasLeft())
    {
        int n = 0;
        while (bitreader.inputBit())     // potentially dangerous with malformed files.
            ++n;
        int num;
        if (n == 0)
            num = 0;
        else
        {
            num = 1;
            for (int i = 0; i < n-1; ++i)
            {
                int val = 1;
                for (int j = 0; j < num; ++j)
                    val = (val << 1) | bitreader.inputBit();
                num = val;
            }
        }
        intwriter.putInt(num);           // write out the value
    }
    bitreader.close();
    intwriter.close();
}