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Namespacing now uses Ruby modules, rather than prefixes.
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Added class names to dynamically generated ints and bits.
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Added changelog link to gemspec. Thanks to Mark Young.
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Support Ruby 3.4.
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Removed experimental :check_offset and :adjust_offset parameters.
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Ruby 2.5 is now required.
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Allow for nested tracing.
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Skip :until_valid is now fast for :asserted_value.
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Added Section - a way to transform the data stream.
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Added transforms for brotli, lz4, xor, zlib, zstd.
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Updated to current minitest
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Fixed typos. Thanks to Patrick Linnane.
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Added ruby 2.4.0 requirement to gemspec. Thanks to theldoria.
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Added github CI action. Thanks to Peter Goldstein.
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Convert file from latin1 to UTF-8. Thanks to Cédric Boutillier.
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Move license from dual license to solely BSD-2-Clause.
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Remove unnecessary files from gem. Requested by Orien Madgwick.
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Allow multiple calls to auto_call_delayed_io. Thanks to dwelch-r7.
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Use Comparable#clamp instead of manual calculations.
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Update tests to new minitest requirements.
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Adjust tests due to changes in ruby 3.1
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Relax over-strict parameter naming requirements. Requested by vinayak3qilabs.
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Do not include DelayedIO objects when :onlyif is false.
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Make DelayedIO work with :onlyif. Reported by Spencer McIntyre.
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Improve speed of dynamic object creation. Reported by Charlie Ablett.
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Change example from Fixnum to Integer. Thanks to Tim Chambers.
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Now works with frozen string literals. Requested by Jeremy Evans.
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Bug fix array self assignment. Thanks to Spencer McIntyre.
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Bug fix Stringz max_length. Thanks to cdelafuente-r7.
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Fix choice assignment inside arrays. Reported by Spencer McIntyre.
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More encoding fixes. Thanks to Aaron Patterson.
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Small typo fixes to examples.
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Fix encoding issue for ruby 2.7. Thanks to Aaron Patterson.
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Quieter test output.
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Display a hint when endian is omitted. Requested by Tails.
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Add thread safety to Integer/BitField creation. Requested by jbpeirce.
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Ensure windows sockets are unseekable. Thanks to Brent Cook.
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Add Uint8Arrays. Requested by masarakki.
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Allow boolean values as parameters. Requested by Patrik Wenger.
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Fix crash with String :length invoking :rel_offset. Reported by Claudius Coenen.
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Reworked internal sanitizing API.
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Fix bit-based integers inside buffers. Reported by Claudius Coenen.
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Enforce Integer#nbits > 0. Reported by Keenan Tims.
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Fix auto_call_delayed_io crash. Reported by Michael Petter.
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Memoize dynamic methods for primitives. Thanks to hiroeorz.
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Fix bug #80. Thanks to Michael Petter.
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Add Buffer#raw_num_bytes.
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IO#num_bytes_remaining now works inside Buffers.
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Added ability to skip to arbitrary byte patterns. Requested by Stefan Kolb.
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Improve list of reserved words. Thanks to Claudius Coenen.
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Fix virtual fields to be bit aligned. Thanks to hopesea.
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Add :to_abs_offset to Skip.
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Added backwards seeking via multi pass I/O. See DelayedIO.
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Removed #offset, which was deprecated in 2.1.0.
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Removed :adjust_offset. See NEWS.rdoc for details.
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Warn if String has :value but no :read_length. Requested by Michael Genereux.
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Prevent running under Ruby 2.1.0p0 due to ruby bug 44525.
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Added #to_hex convenience method. Thanks to Gregory Romé.
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Added namespacing via search_prefix. Requested by sumofparts.
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Performance improvements.
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Removed deprecated parameters.
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Code refactored to use Ruby 1.9 features.
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#eval_parameters can now call private methods. Requested by Ole Rasmussen.
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Can now determine state of :onlyif fields. Requested by Ole Rasmussen.
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Renamed #offset to #abs_offset for clarity. #offset is now deprecated.
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Support :byte_align for fields in structs. Requested by Igor Yamolov.
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Added bit fields with dynamic length. Requested by Jacob Dam.
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Added “endian :big_and_little” option which creates :big and :little versions of the class. Thanks to Jacob Lukas for the prototype.
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Ruby 1.8 now has its own separate branch.
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Struct now uses symbols for field names instead of strings.
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Added signed bitfields. Requested by redood.
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Virtual fields can now have names.
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Bug fixes.
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Allow custom types to have endian, not just numerics.
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Added missing field to TCP example. Thanks to Bertrand Paquet.
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Made tests compatible with JRuby. Thanks to Charles Oliver Nutter.
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Support travis ci for those that use it. Thanks to Charles Oliver Nutter.
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Added Buffer for easier handling of nested streams.
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Added Virtual field.
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Added license to .gemspec
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Moved test suite from RSpec to Minitest.
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Added :assert and :asserted_value.
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:check_value has been deprecated. Use :assert instead.
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Rework build system and include .gemspec. Requested by Simon Shortman.
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Fixed bug when Choice#clear didn’t clear everything. Thanks to Simon Shortman for the bug report.
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Moved BinData::VERSION into its own file. Thanks to John Van Enk.
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Moved to github.
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Updated to Ruby 2.0
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Arrays now accept BinData object factories for :type (feature request by Matt Dainty).
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Dynamically generated BinData objects can use the :name parameter to register themselves.
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Remove functionality that has been deprecated for two years.
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Added the :pad_front option for padding to occur at the front of a String. (suggested by Eduardo Mourão).
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Fixed bug where user defined boolean primitive wouldn’t set its value to false (reported by Frank Roland).
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Fixed infinite looping bug caused by nested Choices.
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Renamed String parameter :pad_char to :pad_byte.
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Updated manual.
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Exceptions no longer ignored inside lambdas when reading until eof in an array (thanks John Labovitz).
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Fixed interaction bug between choices and records (reported by Refrigerator Johnny).
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\=~ now works for strings.
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Added :default option for Choices.
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Added count_bytes_remaining keyword.
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Increased speed of lazy evaluation.
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Record#snapshot now returns fields in order.
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Removed the need to call #register_self in subclasses.
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Wrapper is now deprecated. Use subclassing instead.
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Updated license to mimic changes to the Ruby License.
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Refactoring to reduce memory usage.
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Fixed file permissions problem.
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BinData objects can now assign values when instantiating.
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Improved support for bit-based alignment.
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Updated reference manual.
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Added examples for declaring recursive structures.
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Objects deriving from BinData::Base should no longer override #initialize.
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Added BinData::Base(#new, #initialize_instance) to speed up instantiation of multiple objects.
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Updated specs to rspec-1.3.0
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BinData::Struct.hide now expects symbols instead of strings.
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Added Base.bindata_name method.
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Removed Base#done_read to reduce memory usage and cpu usage.
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Derived classes should now use do_read et al, instead of _do_read.
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Added predefinition of record fields to improve speed.
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Made compatible with ruby 1.9.2. Thanks to Andrew Watts.
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Updated specs to be compatible with ruby 1.9.1
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Deprecated Base#register. Use #register_self or #register_subclasses instead.
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Syntax improvement. Array, Structs and Choices can now use blocks to specify fields.
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Reduced startup time (suggestion courtesy of Mike Ryan).
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Allow anonymous fields in Records and Primitives.
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Add the ability to skip over unused data.
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Allow Records, Primitives and Wrappers to be derived from.
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Classes for integers are now defined on demand.
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Is now compatible with Ruby 1.9
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Added reference manual.
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Added #rel_offset to Base.
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Removed support for deprecated functionality.
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Allow wrapped types to work with struct’s :onlyif parameter
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Use Array#index instead of #find_index for compatibility with Ruby 1.8.6 (patch courtesy of Joe Rozner).
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Sanitizing code was refactored for speed.
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Arbitrary sized integers and bit fields are now automatically instantiated.
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Add ability to wrap existing types and override their parameters.
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Arbitrary byte sized integers are now supported (e.g. 24bit, 808bit).
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Renamed String :trim_value parameter to :trim_padding.
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BinData::Array now behaves more like Ruby’s Array.
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Added debug_name
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Added ability to trace reading
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Primitives now behave as their value. Calling #value is no longer needed.
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Renamed #to_s -> #to_binary_s to avoid confusion with Ruby’s #to_s.
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Added #assign as the generic way to assign values to objects.
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Added :copy_on_change parameter to Choice.
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Implement #offset for all objects.
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Renamed Single -> BasePrimitive.
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Renamed SingleValue -> Primitive.
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Renamed MultiValue -> Record.
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The :onlyif parameter now only applies to fields inside Structs.
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LazyEvaluator can now supply arguments when invoking methods
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Arrays can now :read_until => :eof
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TCPSocket and UDPSocket can now be used as input streams (patch courtesy of Peter Suschlik).
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Added 128 bit integers.
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Significant memory usage reduction.
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Added custom mandatory and default parameters for user defined MultiValues.
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Added lazy instantiation to allow recursive definitions.
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Array elements can be appended at any position.
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Deprecated the :readwrite parameter.
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Removed feature where Struct fields names could be nil.
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Reworked sanitizing system.
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Implemented bit fields.
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Added :onlyif parameter to Base for specifying optional fields.
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Fixed IO offset bug with SingleValues.
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Added :adjust_offset option to automatically seek to a given offset.
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Modified #read to accept strings as well as IO streams.
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Choice now accepts sparse arrays and hashes as :choice.
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Added BinData::Rest to help with debugging.
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Major internal restructuring - memory usage is much better.
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Improved documentation.
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Reduced memory consumption.
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Increased execution speed.
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Deprecated BinData::Base.parameters.
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Fixed spec syntax (thanks to David Goodlad).
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Add reserved field names to Struct.
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Prevent warnings about method redefinition.
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Allow Struct to masquerade as one of its fields.
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Renamed String param :initial_length to :read_length.
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BinData::Array now behaves more like the internal Ruby array.
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Arrays now support terminating conditions as well as fixed length reads.
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Updated specs to new rspec syntax (0.9).
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Added scoped resolution of variables in lambdas.
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Added ability to append elements to arrays.
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Added 64 bit integers.
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Added floating point numbers.
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Added endian keyword to Struct to reduce the amount of typing needed.
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Updated documentation.
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Struct now raises an error if a field name shadows an existing method.
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Initial public release.