Bytes is a useful tool for managing multiple slices into the same region
of memory, and the other things it used to have been removed to reduce
complexity. The exact strategy for managing the multiple references is
no longer hard-coded, but instead backing by a customizable vtable.
- Removed ability to mutate the underlying memory from the `Bytes` type.
- Removed the "inline" (SBO) mechanism in `Bytes`. The reduces a large
amount of complexity, and improves performance when accessing the
slice of bytes, since a branch is no longer needed to check if the
data is inline.
- Removed `Bytes` knowledge of `BytesMut` (`BytesMut` may grow that
knowledge back at a future point.)
To make the library work as `no_std` we add an `std` feature which
is on by default. When it is off, we compile as `no_std` and make
parts of the API that require `std::io` conditional on the `std`
feature.
The intent of the license was to dual license MIT & Apache 2.0. However,
the messaging was copy / pasted from rust-lang.
Clarify the license as exclusively MIT.
Fixes#215
The previous implementation didn't factor in a single `Bytes` handle
being stored in an `Arc`. This new implementation correctly impelments
both `Bytes` and `BytesMut` such that both are `Sync`.
The rewrite also increases the number of bytes that can be stored
inline.
This commit is a significant overhaul of the library in an effort to head
towards a stable API. The rope implementation as well as a number of buffer
implementations have been removed from the library and will live at
https://github.com/carllerche/bytes-more while they incubate.
**Bytes / BytesMut**
`Bytes` is now an atomic ref counted byte slice. As it is contigous, it offers
a richer API than before.
`BytesMut` is a mutable variant. It is safe by ensuring that it is the only
handle to a given byte slice.
**AppendBuf -> ByteBuf**
`AppendBuf` has been replaced by `ByteBuf`. The API is not identical, but is
close enough to be considered a suitable replacement.
**Removed types**
The following types have been removed in favor of living in bytes-more
* RingBuf
* BlockBuf
* `Bytes` as a rope implementation
* ReadExt
* WriteExt
Sean McArthur