lib/core: remove uses of Byte for Text

[nit.git] / lib / core / stream.nit

diff --git a/lib/core/stream.nit b/lib/core/stream.nit
index 3fc3f30..152c294 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/core/stream.nit
+++ b/lib/core/stream.nit
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ abstract class Reader
                for i in [0 .. max[ do
                        var b = raw_read_byte
                        if b < 0 then break
-                       buf[i] = b.to_b
+                       buf[i] = b
                        rd += 1
                end
                return rd
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ abstract class Writer
        fun write(s: Text) is abstract
 
        # Write a single byte
-       fun write_byte(value: Byte) is abstract
+       fun write_byte(value: Int) is abstract
 
        # Write a single char
        fun write_char(c: Char) do
@@ -574,17 +574,32 @@ interface Writable
        # The specific logic it let to the concrete subclasses
        fun write_to(stream: Writer) is abstract
 
-       # Like `write_to` but return a new String (may be quite large)
+       # Like `write_to` but return a new String (may be quite large).
        #
-       # This funtionality is anectodical, since the point
-       # of streamable object to to be efficienlty written to a
-       # stream without having to allocate and concatenate strings
+       # This functionality is anecdotal, since the point
+       # of a streamable object is to be efficiently written to a
+       # stream without having to allocate and concatenate strings.
        fun write_to_string: String
        do
                var stream = new StringWriter
                write_to(stream)
                return stream.to_s
        end
+
+       # Like `write_to` but return a new Bytes (may be quite large)
+       #
+       # This functionality is anecdotal, since the point
+       # of a streamable object is to be efficiently written to a
+       # stream without having to allocate and concatenate buffers.
+       #
+       # Nevertheless, you might need this method if you want to know
+       # the byte size of a writable object.
+       fun write_to_bytes: Bytes
+       do
+               var stream = new BytesWriter
+               write_to(stream)
+               return stream.bytes
+       end
 end
 
 redef class Bytes
@@ -612,7 +627,7 @@ end
 #
 # writer.write "Strings "
 # writer.write_char '&'
-# writer.write_byte 0x20u8
+# writer.write_byte 0x20
 # writer.write_bytes "bytes".to_bytes
 #
 # assert writer.to_s == "\\x53\\x74\\x72\\x69\\x6E\\x67\\x73\\x20\\x26\\x20\\x62\\x79\\x74\\x65\\x73"
@@ -626,12 +641,12 @@ end
 # writer = new BytesWriter
 #
 # # Write just the character first half
-# writer.write_byte 0xC2u8
+# writer.write_byte 0xC2
 # assert writer.to_s == "\\xC2"
 # assert writer.bytes.to_s == "�"
 #
 # # Complete the character
-# writer.write_byte 0xA2u8
+# writer.write_byte 0xA2
 # assert writer.to_s == "\\xC2\\xA2"
 # assert writer.bytes.to_s == "¢"
 # ~~~
@@ -683,7 +698,7 @@ end
 #
 # writer.write "Strings "
 # writer.write_char '&'
-# writer.write_byte 0x20u8
+# writer.write_byte 0x20
 # writer.write_bytes "bytes".to_bytes
 #
 # assert writer.to_s == "Strings & bytes"