1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ocaml/lib/noun.ml b/ocaml/lib/noun.ml
index f4c4f87..382c79d 100644
--- a/ocaml/lib/noun.ml
+++ b/ocaml/lib/noun.ml
@@ -182,9 +182,15 @@ let rec mug noun =
       end
 
 and compute_mug_atom z =
-  (* Convert to bytes (little-endian, strip trailing zeros) *)
+  (* Convert to bytes (little-endian) *)
   let bytes = Z.to_bits z in
-  mug_bytes_with_seed bytes 0xcafebabel
+  (* Strip trailing zeros like C's u3r_mug_words does *)
+  let len = ref (String.length bytes) in
+  while !len > 0 && bytes.[!len - 1] = '\x00' do
+    decr len
+  done;
+  let stripped = String.sub bytes 0 !len in
+  mug_bytes_with_seed stripped 0xcafebabel
 
 (** Pretty-print a noun *)
 let rec pp_noun fmt = function