readbuf

Read buffer in a blazing fast way! 7x faster than Buffer.

Install

npm install --save readbuf

Example

All of the standard byte-reading methods of the Buffer interface are implemented and will operate across internal Buffer boundaries transparently.

var readbuf = require('readbuf')
var buffer = new Buffer('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')

var reader = readbuf(buffer)
reader.readUInt8(3)
reader.slice(3)
reader.slice(3).readUInt8(0)

Benchmark

node benchmark.js

Results:

Buffer#slice() x 5,623,308 ops/sec ±4.29% (81 runs sampled)
BufferReader#slice() x 33,198,783 ops/sec ±2.02% (88 runs sampled)
Fastest is BufferReader#slice()
Buffer#slice().slice() x 3,360,206 ops/sec ±0.66% (89 runs sampled)
BufferReader#slice().slice() x 20,635,719 ops/sec ±2.21% (85 runs sampled)
Fastest is BufferReader#slice().slice()
Buffer#slice().slice().slice() x 2,275,712 ops/sec ±1.00% (87 runs sampled)
BufferReader#slice().slice().slice() x 15,011,949 ops/sec ±1.21% (89 runs sampled)
Fastest is BufferReader#slice().slice().slice()