NOTES.md

Notes on Bits 'n' Bytes

Buffer classes in ruby

open naming questions?

use Buffer as an alias for Bytes | ByteArray or StringBuffer ?

or use Bytes for immutable ByteArrays and Buffer for mutable ByteArrays ????

class StringIO

StringIO is really like a StringBuffer with file-like read/write access

class IO::Buffer

see https://ruby-doc.org/core-3.1.2/IO/Buffer.html

class OpenSSL::Buffering::Buffer

see https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/OpenSSL/Buffering/Buffer.html

More

arraybuffer gem

• https://rubygems.org/gems/arraybuffer
• https://github.com/andrepiske/rb-arraybuffer
• https://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/uffg1h/arraybuffer_and_dataview_classes_for_ruby/

ByteBuffer in nio4r gem

• https://rubygems.org/gems/nio4r
• https://github.com/socketry/nio4r
• https://github.com/socketry/nio4r/wiki/Byte-Buffers
• https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/nio4r/2.5.2/NIO/ByteBuffer

Buffer in FFI gem

• https://rubydoc.info/gems/ffi/FFI/Buffer

In other languages

• see python - uses string and bytes (immutable) and bytearray (mutable)
• see Buffer in node.js