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+// Breaks a uint64 skip amount into several smaller skips.
+public void skip_uint64(InputStream input, uint64 skip_amount) throws GLib.Error {
+    while (skip_amount > 0) {
+        // skip() throws an error if the amount is too large, so check against ssize_t.MAX
+        if (skip_amount >= ssize_t.MAX) {
+            input.skip(ssize_t.MAX);
+            skip_amount -= ssize_t.MAX;
+        } else {
+            input.skip((size_t) skip_amount);
+            skip_amount = 0;
+        }
+    }
+}