packetio 0.1.0

A simple Rust crate for sending and receiving length-prefixed binary packets over any stream that implements `Read + Write`. Uses [`bincode`](https://crates.io/crates/bincode) for serialization. It lets you send structs and rust types over the network!

Documentation

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Size
Source code size: 6.09 kB This is the summed size of all the files inside the crates.io package for this release.
Documentation size: 1.14 MB This is the summed size of all files generated by rustdoc for all configured targets
Ø build duration
this release: 17s Average build duration of successful builds.
all releases: 22s Average build duration of successful builds in releases after 2024-10-23.
Links
crates.io
Dependencies
- bincode ^2.0.1 normal
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packetio

A simple Rust crate for sending and receiving length-prefixed binary packets over any stream that implements Read + Write. Uses bincode for serialization.

It lets you send structs and rust types over the network!

Features

Sends and receives length-prefixed packets to keep boundaries clear
Generic over any stream implementing Read + Write (TcpStream, BufReader, etc.)
Minimal API with a handy PacketIO trait for easy use
Uses bincode for compact, efficient binary encoding

Installation

Add this to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
packetio = "0.1"
bincode = "2"