def decode_uvarint(data):
    '''Decode a variable-length integer.

    Reads a sequence of unsigned integer byte and decodes them into an integer
    in variable-length format and returns it and the length read.
    '''
    n = 0
    shift = 0
    length = 0
    for b in data:
        if not isinstance(b, int):
            b = six.byte2int(b)
        n |= (b & 0x7f) << shift
        length += 1
        if (b & 0x80) == 0:
            break
        shift += 7
    return n, length