Module utils

buffer slicing and other utilities

Functions

buffer_as_slice

Takes a &[u8] buffer slice and returns a slice &[T] with a given number of elements of type T

buffer_as_slice_mut

Takes a mutable &[u8] buffer slice and returns a mutable slice &[T] with a given number of elements of type T

struct_as_slice_u8

Takes a reference to a struct of type T and returns a raw &[u8] slice with byte length of the type T

substr

Truncate a string, optionally appending another string or appending "..." if the append string is None

substring

Extract a substring starting at 0 and truncating it to min(length,str.len()).