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A library for manipulating files via bits

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What is BitIO?

A library that exports a BitIO class to read and write bits on streams.

>>> from io import BytesIO
>>> from bitio import BitIO
>>> stream = BytesIO()
>>>
>>> wrapped = BitIO(stream)
>>> wrapped.write('00')
0
>>> wrapped.write('10000')
0
>>> wrapped.write([True] * 9)
2
>>> wrapped.close()
>>> stream.getvalue()
b'!\xff'
>>>
>>> stream.seek(0)
0
>>> wrapped = BitIO(stream)
>>> wrapped.read(4)
bitarray('0010')
>>> wrapped.read(6)
bitarray('000111')
>>> wrapped.read()
bitarray('111111')

Installing BitIO

Either

$ git clone https://github.com/gaming32/BitIO.git
$ cd BitIO
$ python setup.py install

or

$ pip install BitIO2

Documentation

bitio.BitIO

bitio.BitIO(stream:io.RawIOBase)

Wraps an io stream and allows bitarray read and write to that stream. However, it can only read or write. A new one must be created to do the other function.

bitio.BitIO.readable

bitio.BitIO.readable() -> bool

Returns True if this stream is readable (will always be False if a write has occured on it).

bitio.BitIO.writable

bitio.BitIO.writable() -> bool

Returns True if this stream is writable (will always be False if a read has occured on it).

bitio.BitIO.seekable

bitio.BitIO.seekable() -> bool

Returns True if this stream is seekable (will always be False).

bitio.BitIO.seek

bitio.BitIO.seek(where, whence=0) -> int

Raises io.UnsupportedOperation('seek').

bitio.BitIO.tell

bitio.BitIO.tell() -> int

Raises io.UnsupportedOperation('tell').

bitio.BitIO.flush

bitio.BitIO.flush(flush_wrapped_stream=True)

Flushes the buffer to the wrapped stream (this should never have to happen). If flush_wrapped_stream is True, this also calls self._stream.flush().

bitio.BitIO.write

bitio.BitIO.write(bits:Sequence[bool]) -> int

Returns the number of BYTES written.

bitio.BitIO.read

bitio.BitIO.read(c=-1) -> bitarray

Reads c bits from the wrapped stream. If c is ommitted or negative, reads all bits from the wrapped stream.

bitio.BitIO.close

bitio.BitIO.close()

Calls self.flush(flush_wrapped_stream=False).

bitio.BitIO._stream

The wrapped stream.

bitio.BitIO._buffer

The bits that are waiting to be flushed to the wrapped stream. The length of this object should always be less than eight. If it isn't, call bitio.BitIO.flush(False).

bitio.BitIO._readable

Used for the return value of bitio.BitIO.readable. If the value is None, self._stream.readable() is returned. Otherwise, self._readable is returned.

bitio.BitIO._writable

Used for the return value of bitio.BitIO.writable. If the value is None, self._stream.writable() is returned. Otherwise, self._writable is returned.

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