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<h1>bufkit</h1>
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`no_std`-friendly, memory-backed buffer toolkit designed for **Sans-I/O style** encoding and decoding.
Provides `Chunk` (read-only view), `ChunkMut` (mutable view), and helpers for explicit, convenient bounds-checked access.
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## Overview
**bufkit** is a small, focused toolkit for working with in-memory buffers in a predictable, controlled way.
It’s Sans-I/O friendly — meaning it’s easy to integrate into network protocol parsers, database engines, binary file format decoders/encoders, and embedded systems that follow the Sans-I/O design pattern — but it doesn’t implement any I/O itself.
## Features
- **Predictable memory usage** – operates directly on memory you provide, no hidden allocations.
- **Explicit error handling** – choose panicking, `Option`, or detailed `Result` with requested vs. available byte counts.
- **Segmented views** – create independent `Chunk`/`ChunkMut` views into the same buffer.
- **Offset reads/writes** – operate at arbitrary positions without unsafe pointer math.
- **Embedded friendly** - **`no_std` & `no_alloc` ready** – works in embedded and constrained environments.
- **Retry-friendly** – `try_*` methods enable robust partial read/write handling.
## Installation
```toml
[dependencies]
bufkit = "0.4"
```
### Feature Flags
| Feature | Default? | Description |
| --------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| `std` | Yes | Enables `std` integration |
| `alloc` | No | Enables heap-allocated buffer support |
| `varing` | No | LEB128 encoding & decoding |
| `bytes_1` | No | Enable integration with `bytes` 1.x |
## Alternatives
- [`bytes::{Buf, BufMut}`]: Chunkfer traits for the bytes may or may not be stored in contiguous memory.
- [`buffer-trait`](https://crates.io/crates/buffer-trait): A `Buffer` trait for reading into uninitialized buffers.
#### License
`bufkit` is under the terms of both the MIT license and the
Apache License (Version 2.0).
See [LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE), [LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) for details.
Copyright (c) 2025 Al Liu.
[Github-url]: https://github.com/al8n/bufkit/
[CI-url]: https://github.com/al8n/bufkit/actions/workflows/ci.yml
[doc-url]: https://docs.rs/bufkit
[crates-url]: https://crates.io/crates/bufkit
[codecov-url]: https://app.codecov.io/gh/al8n/bufkit/
[`bytes::{Buf, BufMut}`]: https://docs.rs/bytes/latest/bytes/buf/#traits