Module Stdlib.Buffer

type t

The abstract type of buffers.

val create : int -> t

create n returns a fresh buffer, initially empty. The n parameter is the initial size of the internal byte sequence that holds the buffer contents. That byte sequence is automatically reallocated when more than n characters are stored in the buffer, but shrinks back to n characters when reset is called. For best performance, n should be of the same order of magnitude as the number of characters that are expected to be stored in the buffer (for instance, 80 for a buffer that holds one output line). Nothing bad will happen if the buffer grows beyond that limit, however. In doubt, take n = 16 for instance. If n is not between 1 and Sys.max_string_length, it will be clipped to that interval.

val contents : t -> string

Return a copy of the current contents of the buffer. The buffer itself is unchanged.

val to_bytes : t -> bytes

Return a copy of the current contents of the buffer. The buffer itself is unchanged.

since

4.02

val sub : t -> int -> int -> string

Buffer.sub b off len returns a copy of len bytes from the current contents of the buffer b, starting at offset off.

Raise Invalid_argument if srcoff and len do not designate a valid range of b.

val blit : t -> int -> bytes -> int -> int -> unit

Buffer.blit src srcoff dst dstoff len copies len characters from the current contents of the buffer src, starting at offset srcoff to dst, starting at character dstoff.

Raise Invalid_argument if srcoff and len do not designate a valid range of src, or if dstoff and len do not designate a valid range of dst.

since

3.11.2

val nth : t -> int -> char

Get the n-th character of the buffer. Raise Invalid_argument if index out of bounds

val length : t -> int

Return the number of characters currently contained in the buffer.

val clear : t -> unit

Empty the buffer.

val reset : t -> unit

Empty the buffer and deallocate the internal byte sequence holding the buffer contents, replacing it with the initial internal byte sequence of length n that was allocated by Buffer.create n. For long-lived buffers that may have grown a lot, reset allows faster reclamation of the space used by the buffer.

val add_char : t -> char -> unit

add_char b c appends the character c at the end of buffer b.

val add_utf_8_uchar : t -> Stdlib.Uchar.t -> unit

add_utf_8_uchar b u appends the UTF-8 encoding of u at the end of buffer b.

since

4.06.0

val add_utf_16le_uchar : t -> Stdlib.Uchar.t -> unit

add_utf_16le_uchar b u appends the UTF-16LE encoding of u at the end of buffer b.

since

4.06.0

val add_utf_16be_uchar : t -> Stdlib.Uchar.t -> unit

add_utf_16be_uchar b u appends the UTF-16BE encoding of u at the end of buffer b.

since

4.06.0

val add_string : t -> string -> unit

add_string b s appends the string s at the end of buffer b.

val add_bytes : t -> bytes -> unit

add_bytes b s appends the byte sequence s at the end of buffer b.

since

4.02

val add_substring : t -> string -> int -> int -> unit

add_substring b s ofs len takes len characters from offset ofs in string s and appends them at the end of buffer b.

val add_subbytes : t -> bytes -> int -> int -> unit

add_subbytes b s ofs len takes len characters from offset ofs in byte sequence s and appends them at the end of buffer b.

since

4.02

val add_substitute : t -> (string -> string) -> string -> unit

add_substitute b f s appends the string pattern s at the end of buffer b with substitution. The substitution process looks for variables into the pattern and substitutes each variable name by its value, as obtained by applying the mapping f to the variable name. Inside the string pattern, a variable name immediately follows a non-escaped $ character and is one of the following:

• a non empty sequence of alphanumeric or _ characters,
• an arbitrary sequence of characters enclosed by a pair of matching parentheses or curly brackets. An escaped $ character is a $ that immediately follows a backslash character; it then stands for a plain $. Raise Not_found if the closing character of a parenthesized variable cannot be found.

val add_buffer : t -> t -> unit

add_buffer b1 b2 appends the current contents of buffer b2 at the end of buffer b1. b2 is not modified.

val add_channel : t -> Stdlib.in_channel -> int -> unit

add_channel b ic n reads at most n characters from the input channel ic and stores them at the end of buffer b. Raise End_of_file if the channel contains fewer than n characters. In this case, the characters are still added to the buffer, so as to avoid loss of data.

val output_buffer : Stdlib.out_channel -> t -> unit

output_buffer oc b writes the current contents of buffer b on the output channel oc.

val truncate : t -> int -> unit

truncate b len truncates the length of b to len Note: the internal byte sequence is not shortened. Raise Invalid_argument if len < 0 or len > length b.

since

4.05.0

Iterators

val to_seq : t -> char Stdlib.Seq.t

Iterate on the buffer, in increasing order. Modification of the buffer during iteration is undefined behavior.

since

4.07

val to_seqi : t -> (int * char) Stdlib.Seq.t

Iterate on the buffer, in increasing order, yielding indices along chars. Modification of the buffer during iteration is undefined behavior.

since

4.07

val add_seq : t -> char Stdlib.Seq.t -> unit

Add chars to the buffer

since

4.07

val of_seq : char Stdlib.Seq.t -> t

Create a buffer from the generator

since

4.07

Binary encoding of integers

val add_uint8 : t -> int -> unit

add_uint8 b i appends a binary unsigned 8-bit integer i to b.

since

4.08

val add_int8 : t -> int -> unit

add_int8 b i appends a binary signed 8-bit integer i to b.

since

4.08

val add_uint16_ne : t -> int -> unit

add_uint16_ne b i appends a binary native-endian unsigned 16-bit integer i to b.

since

4.08

val add_uint16_be : t -> int -> unit

add_uint16_be b i appends a binary big-endian unsigned 16-bit integer i to b.

since

4.08

val add_uint16_le : t -> int -> unit

add_uint16_le b i appends a binary little-endian unsigned 16-bit integer i to b.

since

4.08

val add_int16_ne : t -> int -> unit

add_int16_ne b i appends a binary native-endian signed 16-bit integer i to b.

since

4.08

val add_int16_be : t -> int -> unit

add_int16_be b i appends a binary big-endian signed 16-bit integer i to b.

since

4.08

val add_int16_le : t -> int -> unit

add_int16_le b i appends a binary little-endian signed 16-bit integer i to b.

since

4.08

val add_int32_ne : t -> int32 -> unit

add_int32_ne b i appends a binary native-endian 32-bit integer i to b.

since

4.08

val add_int32_be : t -> int32 -> unit

add_int32_be b i appends a binary big-endian 32-bit integer i to b.

since

4.08

val add_int32_le : t -> int32 -> unit

add_int32_le b i appends a binary little-endian 32-bit integer i to b.

since

4.08

val add_int64_ne : t -> int64 -> unit

add_int64_ne b i appends a binary native-endian 64-bit integer i to b.

since

4.08

val add_int64_be : t -> int64 -> unit

add_int64_be b i appends a binary big-endian 64-bit integer i to b.

since

4.08

val add_int64_le : t -> int64 -> unit

add_int64_ne b i appends a binary little-endian 64-bit integer i to b.

since

4.08