On 2/3/19 5:26 PM, Darren Duncan wrote:
On 2019-02-02 7:22 PM, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:
I need to read a file into a buffer (NO CONVERSIONS!)
and then convert it to a string (again with no
conversions).
I think you're making an impossible request.
Don't forget that I think everywhere on this list is
a bloody genius.
If preserving exact bytes
is important, then you want to keep your data in a type that represents
a sequence of bytes, such as Blob of Buf. A Str represents a sequence
of characters, which are NOT bytes, so if you're wanting to have a Str
that is saying you don't care about the bytes. Given what you keep
saying, I'd say skip the Str and just use Buf or Blob etc full stop. --
Darren Duncan
Hi Darren,
for ( @$BinaryFile ) -> $Char { $StrFile ~= chr($Char); }
Does the trick, but it takes up to 15 seconds. Way
too slow.
I have another post looking to see if any of the other
decodes will work. So maybe...
My big issue is that the data I am looking through uses four
nuls in a row as a delimiter. If these get dropped, I
won't be able to find anything.
Your idea about just skipping Str is along the line I have
also been thinking. Brad has been helping me with "index" for
a Buf. I haven't had a shot at trying his corrections to my
code yet.
-T
