momento-functions-bytes 0.25.0

off-guest buffer management
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package momento:bytes@1.0.0;

interface bytes {
    // for reading from the host
    resource buffer {
        // Get the number of bytes currently ready to be read.
        //
        // `read` can return this many bytes without blocking.
        remaining: func() -> u32;

        // Read up to `max-size` bytes from the body.
        //
        // It is an error to return more than `max-size` bytes.
        //
        // You have no guarantee that you'll get `max-size` bytes,
        // but you will never get an empty list.
        //
        // Returns None if there is no more data.
        read: func(max-size: u32) -> option<list<u8>>;

        // Advance the read cursor by `size` bytes.
        advance: func(size: u32);
    }

    // could be bytes or a buffer reference
    variant data {
        // use the remainder of this buffer
        buffer(buffer),
        // use these literal bytes
        value(list<u8>),
    }
}

world imports {
    import bytes;
}