/bin

Utility interfaces for working with binary data streams.

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b71729/bin

A set of utility interfaces for working with binary data streams.

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Installation

$ go get -u github.com/b71729/bin

Alternative packages

binary

An alternative to this package would be to use the Read(interface{}) exposed in the binary package for reading data. Although a relatively simple interface is provided, there are some distinct advantages to using this package over binary.Read:

  • IDE and compile-time type checking is possible; this helps prevent bugs
  • Built-in tracking of the reader's offset is provided
  • A byte order can be set for subsequent calls, without needing to keep track of it every call
  • Is ~2-3x faster in benchmarks
  • Allocates no objects in the various Read/ReadBytes/ReadXYZ methods.

Documentation

API documentation is hosted on GoDoc