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Octets Sequences
An octets sequence – or just octets for short – is a variable length
sequence of bytes. In their most simple form, any type that implements
AsRef<[u8]> can serve as octets. However, in some cases additional
functionality is required.
The trait Octets allows taking a sub-sequence, called a ‘range’, out
of the octets in the cheapest way possible. For most types, ranges will
be octet slices &[u8] but some shareable types (most notably
bytes::Bytes) allow ranges to be owned values, thus avoiding the
lifetime limitations a slice would bring. Therefore, Octets allows
defining the type of a range as an associated type.
Traits
- A type representing an octets sequence.
- Convert a type from one octets type to another.
- Convert a type from one octets type to another.
Type Definitions
- A octets vector that doesn’t allocate for small sizes.