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Deprecated binary packing utilities for node.js
node now actually contains native code for packing binary buffers so this module is no longer needed. do not use in new code.
see the included COPYING file for licensing.
the core of the module is the set of pack/unpack pair functions. The meaning should be clear from the name - for example, packInt32 packs a given javascript number into a 32-bit int inside a 4-byte node.js Buffer, while unpackFloat32 unpacks a 4-byte node.js Buffer containing a native floating point number into a javascript number.
The following types are available for both pack and unpack:
Float32
Float64
Int8
Int16
Int32
UInt8
UInt16
UInt32
Each pack* function takes a javascript number and outputs a node.js Buffer.
Each unpack* function takes a node.js Buffer and outputs a javascript number.
Both types of functions take an optional second argument. If this argument is "big", the output is put in big endian format. If the argument is "little", the output is put in little endian format. If the argument is anything else or non-existent, we default to "little" endian [THIS IS NEW BEHAVIOR IN 0.0.15 - previous version would default to the native encoding.].
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Minimalist numeric binary packing utilities for node.js
The npm package binpack receives a total of 484 weekly downloads. As such, binpack popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that binpack demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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