This is a great question! (Took me a long time to understand as well)
So basically, you are asking:
- Why do we store the uint(....) there?
- And why do we deal with int_msg_info over there?
1/ The message structure
To understand why we store the uint(...) in the message, you need to understand how TVM works for Message. In practice, the Message Layout shows that to "compress" the message we want to store, we must store it into a "Cell" and upload it to the smart contract as the message.
2/ Default values for message fields
There are a series of values we need to set "in default" by giving values for bounced, src, ihr_fee, fwd_fee in some cases.
For example, below is an example for the message we put in a cell:
var msg = begin_cell()
.store_uint(0, 1) ;; tag
.store_uint(1, 1) ;; ihr_disabled
.store_uint(1, 1) ;; allow bounces
.store_uint(0, 1) ;; not bounced itself
.store_slice(source)
.store_slice(destination)
;; serialize CurrencyCollection (see below)
.store_coins(amount)
.store_dict(extra_currencies)
.store_coins(0) ;; ihr_fee
.store_coins(fwd_value) ;; fwd_fee
.store_uint(cur_lt(), 64) ;; lt of transaction
.store_uint(now(), 32) ;; unixtime of transaction
.store_uint(0, 1) ;; no init-field flag (Maybe)
.store_uint(0, 1) ;; in-place message body flag (Either)
.store_slice(msg_body)
.end_cell();
3/ The meaning of integers in .store_uint(0, 1 + 4 + 4 + 64 + 32 + 1 + 1)
The integers used in .store_uint(0, 1 + 4 + 4 + 64 + 32 + 1 + 1)
indicate the number of bits according to the TL-B scheme, broken down by the length of the fields that are indicated there. But we always indicate 0.
Each integer represents the length in bits of a specific field in the header.
- The first integer '1' is for the
tag
field - Followed by two '4's for
ihr_disabled
andbounce
fields - Then 64 bits for
created_lt
field - 32 bits for
created_at
field - and finally two '1's for
init
andbody
fields.
However, in the example given, all the fields are empty, so we indicate 0 bits for all the fields.
Reference:
https://docs.ton.org/develop/smart-contracts/tutorials/wallet#commonmsginfo