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@code{(require 'byte)}
@ftindex byte

@noindent
Some algorithms are expressed in terms of arrays of small integers.
Using Scheme strings to implement these arrays is not portable vis-a-vis
the correspondence between integers and characters and non-ascii
character sets.  These functions abstract the notion of a @dfn{byte}.
@cindex byte
@cindex byte


@defun byte-ref bytes k

@var{k} must be a valid index of @var{bytes}.  @code{byte-ref} returns byte @var{k} of @var{bytes} using
zero-origin indexing.
@end defun


@deffn {Procedure} byte-set! bytes k byte

@var{k} must be a valid index of @var{bytes}, and @var{byte} must be a small
nonnegative integer.  @code{byte-set!} stores @var{byte} in element @var{k} of @var{bytes} and
returns an unspecified value.  @c <!>
@end deffn


@defun make-bytes k byte


@defunx make-bytes k
@code{make-bytes} returns a newly allocated byte-array of length @var{k}.  If @var{byte} is
given, then all elements of the byte-array are initialized to @var{byte},
otherwise the contents of the byte-array are unspecified.
@end defun


@defun bytes-length bytes

@code{bytes-length} returns length of byte-array @var{bytes}.
@end defun


@defun bytes byte @dots{}

Returns a newly allocated byte-array composed of the small
nonnegative arguments.
@end defun


@defun bytes->list bytes

@code{bytes->list} returns a newly allocated list of the bytes that make up the
given byte-array.
@end defun


@defun list->bytes bytes

@code{list->bytes} returns a newly allocated byte-array formed from the small
nonnegative integers in the list @var{bytes}.
@end defun

@noindent
@code{Bytes->list} and @code{list->bytes} are inverses so far as
@code{equal?} is concerned.
@findex equal?


@defun bytes-copy bytes

Returns a newly allocated copy of the given @var{bytes}.
@end defun


@deffn {Procedure} bytes-reverse! bytes

Reverses the order of byte-array @var{bytes}.
@end deffn


@defun bytes-reverse bytes

Returns a newly allocated bytes-array consisting of the elements of
@var{bytes} in reverse order.
@end defun

@noindent
@cindex binary
Input and output of bytes should be with ports opened in @dfn{binary}
@cindex binary
mode (@pxref{Input/Output}).  Calling @code{open-file} with @r{'rb} or
@findex open-file
@r{'wb} modes argument will return a binary port if the Scheme
implementation supports it.


@defun write-byte byte port


@defunx write-byte byte
Writes the byte @var{byte} (not an external representation of the byte) to
the given @var{port} and returns an unspecified value.  The @var{port} argument may
be omitted, in which case it defaults to the value returned by
@code{current-output-port}.
@findex current-output-port
@end defun


@defun read-byte port


@defunx read-byte
Returns the next byte available from the input @var{port}, updating the @var{port}
to point to the following byte.  If no more bytes are available, an
end-of-file object is returned.  @var{port} may be omitted, in which case it
defaults to the value returned by @code{current-input-port}.
@findex current-input-port
@end defun

@noindent
When reading and writing binary numbers with @code{read-bytes} and
@code{write-bytes}, the sign of the length argument determines the
endianness (order) of bytes.  Positive treats them as big-endian,
the first byte input or output is highest order.  Negative treats
them as little-endian, the first byte input or output is the lowest
order.

@noindent
Once read in, SLIB treats byte sequences as big-endian.  The
multi-byte sequences produced and used by number conversion routines
@pxref{Byte/Number Conversions} are always big-endian.


@defun read-bytes n port


@defunx read-bytes n
@code{read-bytes} returns a newly allocated bytes-array filled with
@code{(abs @var{n})} bytes read from @var{port}.  If @var{n} is positive, then
the first byte read is stored at index 0; otherwise the last byte
read is stored at index 0.  Note that the length of the returned
string will be less than @code{(abs @var{n})} if @var{port} reaches
end-of-file.

@var{port} may be omitted, in which case it defaults to the value returned
by @code{current-input-port}.
@end defun


@defun write-bytes bytes n port


@defunx write-bytes bytes n
@code{write-bytes} writes @code{(abs @var{n})} bytes to output-port @var{port}.  If @var{n} is
positive, then the first byte written is index 0 of @var{bytes}; otherwise
the last byte written is index 0 of @var{bytes}.  @code{write-bytes} returns an unspecified
value.

@var{port} may be omitted, in which case it defaults to the value returned
by @code{current-output-port}.
@end defun

@noindent
@code{substring-read!} and @code{substring-write} provide
lower-level procedures for reading and writing blocks of bytes.  The
relative size of @var{start} and @var{end} determines the order of
writing.


@deffn {Procedure} substring-read! string start end port


@deffnx {Procedure} substring-read! string start end
Fills @var{string} with up to @code{(abs (- @var{start} @var{end}))} bytes
read from @var{port}.  The first byte read is stored at index @var{string}.
@code{substring-read!} returns the number of bytes read.

@var{port} may be omitted, in which case it defaults to the value returned
by @code{current-input-port}.
@end deffn


@defun substring-write string start end port


@defunx substring-write string start end
@code{substring-write} writes @code{(abs (- @var{start} @var{end}))} bytes to
output-port @var{port}.  The first byte written is index @var{start} of @var{string}.  @code{substring-write}
returns the number of bytes written.

@var{port} may be omitted, in which case it defaults to the value returned
by @code{current-output-port}.
@end defun