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Document R7RS functions related to bytevectors

* doc/ref/api-data.texi (Bytevectors): Fix typo in (r6:bytevector-copy),
  index need not be positive.
  Fix typos in bytevector-length, bytevector=, bytevector-fill!.
  New node 'Bytevector Procedures in R7RS'.
  (Bytevector Procedures in R7RS): Document R7RS bytevector,
  bytevector-copy, bytevector-copy!, bytevector-append.
* doc/ref/api-io.texi (Binary I/O): Document R7RS
  open-output-bytevector, write-u8, read-u8, peek-u8,
  get-output-bytevector, open-input-bytevector, read-bytevector!,
  read-bytevector, write-bytevector.
* doc/ref/r7rs.texi (R7RS support): Link to R7RS standard.
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@ -6635,14 +6635,15 @@ and writing.
@cindex bytevector
@cindex R6RS
A @dfn{bytevector} is a raw bit string. The @code{(rnrs bytevectors)}
A @dfn{bytevector} is a raw byte string. The @code{(rnrs bytevectors)}
module provides the programming interface specified by the
@uref{http://www.r6rs.org/, Revised^6 Report on the Algorithmic Language
Scheme (R6RS)}. It contains procedures to manipulate bytevectors and
interpret their contents in a number of ways: bytevector contents can be
accessed as signed or unsigned integer of various sizes and endianness,
as IEEE-754 floating point numbers, or as strings. It is a useful tool
to encode and decode binary data.
interpret their contents in a number of ways: as signed or unsigned
integer of various sizes and endianness, as IEEE-754 floating point
numbers, or as strings. It is a useful tool to encode and decode binary
data. The @ref{R7RS Support,R7RS} offers its own set of bytevector
procedures (@pxref{Bytevector Procedures in R7RS}).
The R6RS (Section 4.3.4) specifies an external representation for
bytevectors, whereby the octets (integers in the range 0--255) contained
@ -6673,6 +6674,7 @@ Bytevectors can be used with the binary input/output primitives
* Bytevectors as Strings:: Interpreting bytes as Unicode strings.
* Bytevectors as Arrays:: Guile extension to the bytevector API.
* Bytevectors as Uniform Vectors:: Bytevectors and SRFI-4.
* Bytevector Procedures in R7RS:: R7RS interface for bytevectors.
* Bytevector Slices:: Aliases for parts of a bytevector.
@end menu
@ -6722,6 +6724,7 @@ The objects denoting big- and little-endianness, respectively.
Bytevectors can be created, copied, and analyzed with the following
procedures and C functions.
@anchor{x-make-bytevector}
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} make-bytevector len [fill]
@deffnx {C Function} scm_make_bytevector (len, fill)
@deffnx {C Function} scm_c_make_bytevector (size_t len)
@ -6730,6 +6733,7 @@ is given, fill it with @var{fill}; @var{fill} must be in the range
[-128,255].
@end deffn
@anchor{x-bytevector?}
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} bytevector? obj
@deffnx {C Function} scm_bytevector_p (obj)
Return true if @var{obj} is a bytevector.
@ -6739,6 +6743,7 @@ Return true if @var{obj} is a bytevector.
Equivalent to @code{scm_is_true (scm_bytevector_p (obj))}.
@end deftypefn
@anchor{x-bytevector-length}
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} bytevector-length bv
@deffnx {C Function} scm_bytevector_length (bv)
Return the length in bytes of bytevector @var{bv}.
@ -6750,31 +6755,33 @@ Likewise, return the length in bytes of bytevector @var{bv}.
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} bytevector=? bv1 bv2
@deffnx {C Function} scm_bytevector_eq_p (bv1, bv2)
Return is @var{bv1} equals to @var{bv2}---i.e., if they have the same
Return @code{#t} if @var{bv1} equals @var{bv2}---i.e., if they have the same
length and contents.
@end deffn
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} bytevector-fill! bv fill [start [end]]
@deffnx {C Function} scm_bytevector_fill_x (bv, fill)
Fill positions [@var{start} ... @var{end}) of bytevector @var{bv} with
byte @var{fill}. @var{start} defaults to 0 and @var{end} defaults to the
length of @var{bv}.@footnote{R6RS defines @code{(bytevector-fill! bv
fill)}. Arguments @var{start} and @var{end} are a Guile extension
byte @var{fill}. @var{start} defaults to 0 and @var{end} defaults to the
length of @var{bv}.@footnote{R6RS only defines @code{(bytevector-fill! bv
fill)}. Arguments @var{start} and @var{end} are a Guile extension
(cf. @ref{x-vector-fill!,@code{vector-fill!}},
@ref{x-string-fill!,@code{string-fill!}}).}
@end deffn
@anchor{x-r6:bytevector-copy!}
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} bytevector-copy! source source-start target target-start len
@deffnx {C Function} scm_bytevector_copy_x (source, source_start, target, target_start, len)
Copy @var{len} bytes from @var{source} into @var{target}, starting
reading from @var{source-start} (a positive index within @var{source})
reading from @var{source-start} (an index index within @var{source})
and writing at @var{target-start}.
It is permitted for the @var{source} and @var{target} regions to
overlap. In that case, copying takes place as if the source is first
overlap. In that case, copying takes place as if the source is first
copied into a temporary bytevector and then into the destination.
@end deffn
@anchor{x-r6:bytevector-copy}
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} bytevector-copy bv
@deffnx {C Function} scm_bytevector_copy (bv)
Return a newly allocated copy of @var{bv}.
@ -6852,6 +6859,7 @@ Set the @var{size}-byte long signed integer at @var{index} to
The following procedures are similar to the ones above, but specialized
to a given integer size:
@anchor{x-bytevector-u8-ref}
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} bytevector-u8-ref bv index
@deffnx {Scheme Procedure} bytevector-s8-ref bv index
@deffnx {Scheme Procedure} bytevector-u16-ref bv index endianness
@ -6873,6 +6881,7 @@ Return the unsigned @var{n}-bit (signed) integer (where @var{n} is 8,
@var{endianness}.
@end deffn
@anchor{x-bytevector-u8-set!}
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} bytevector-u8-set! bv index value
@deffnx {Scheme Procedure} bytevector-s8-set! bv index value
@deffnx {Scheme Procedure} bytevector-u16-set! bv index value endianness
@ -6952,6 +6961,7 @@ Return a newly allocated list of unsigned 8-bit integers from the
contents of @var{bv}.
@end deffn
@anchor{x-u8-list->bytevector}
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} u8-list->bytevector lst
@deffnx {C Function} scm_u8_list_to_bytevector (lst)
Return a newly allocated bytevector consisting of the unsigned 8-bit
@ -7109,6 +7119,87 @@ Bytevectors may also be accessed with the SRFI-4 API. @xref{SRFI-4 and
Bytevectors}, for more information.
@node Bytevector Procedures in R7RS
@subsubsection Bytevector Procedures in R7RS
The @ref{R7RS Support,R7RS} (Section 6.9) defines a set of
bytevector manipulation procedures, accessible with
@example
(use-modules (scheme base))
@end example
Of these, @ref{x-make-bytevector,@code{make-bytevector}},
@ref{x-bytevector?,@code{bytevector?}},
@ref{x-bytevector-length,@code{bytevector-length}},
@ref{x-bytevector-u8-ref,@code{bytevector-u8-ref}} and
@ref{x-bytevector-u8-set!,@code{bytevector-u8-set!}} have the same
definition as in R6RS. The procedures listed below either have a
different definition in R7RS and R6RS, or are not defined in R6RS.
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} bytevector arg @dots{}
Return a newly allocated bytevector composed of the given arguments.
Analogous to @code{list}.
@lisp
(bytevector 2 3 4) @result{} #vu8(2 3 4)
@end lisp
See also @ref{x-u8-list->bytevector,@code{u8-list->bytevector}}.
@end deffn
@anchor{x-r7:bytevector-copy}
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} bytevector-copy bv [start [end]]
Returns a newly allocated bytevector containing the elements of @var{bv}
in the range [@var{start} ... @var{end}). @var{start} defaults to 0 and
@var{end} defaults to the length of @var{bv}.
@lisp
(define bv #vu8(0 1 2 3 4 5))
(bytevector-copy bv) @result{} #vu8(0 1 2 3 4 5)
(bytevector-copy bv 2) @result{} #vu8(2 3 4 5)
(bytevector-copy bv 2 4) @result{} #vu8(2 3)
@end lisp
See also @ref{x-r6:bytevector-copy,the R6RS version}.
@end deffn
@anchor{x-r7:bytevector-copy!}
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} bytevector-copy! dst at src [start [end]]
Copy the block of elements from bytevector @var{src} in the range
[@var{start} ... @var{end}) into bytevector @var{dst}, starting at
position @var{at}. @var{start} defaults to 0 and @var{end} defaults to
the length of @var{src}. It is an error for @var{dst}
to have a length less than @var{at} + (@var{end} - @var{start}).
See also @ref{x-r6:bytevector-copy!,the R6RS version}. With
@lisp
(use-modules ((rnrs bytevectors) #:prefix r6:)
((scheme base) #:prefix r7:))
@end lisp
the following calls are equivalent:
@lisp
(r6:bytevector-copy! source source-start target target-start len)
(r7:bytevector-copy! target target-start source source-start (+ source-start len))
@end lisp
@end deffn
@rnindex bytevector-append
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} bytevector-append arg @dots{}
Return a newly allocated bytevector whose characters form the
concatenation of the given bytevectors @var{arg} @enddots{}
@lisp
(bytevector-append #vu8(0 1 2) #vu8(3 4 5))
@result{} #vu8(0 1 2 3 4 5)
@end lisp
@end deffn
@node Bytevector Slices
@subsubsection Bytevector Slices
@ -7152,6 +7243,7 @@ bv
@result{} #vu8(0 1 77 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)
@end lisp
@node Arrays
@subsection Arrays
@tpindex Arrays

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@ -150,12 +150,14 @@ some different kind of port, that's not the case: all ports in Guile are
both binary and textual ports.
@cindex binary input
@anchor{x-get-u8}
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} get-u8 port
@deffnx {C Function} scm_get_u8 (port)
Return an octet read from @var{port}, an input port, blocking as
necessary, or the end-of-file object.
@end deffn
@anchor{x-lookahead-u8}
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} lookahead-u8 port
@deffnx {C Function} scm_lookahead_u8 (port)
Like @code{get-u8} but does not update @var{port}'s position to point
@ -227,6 +229,7 @@ will be read again in last-in first-out order.
To perform binary output on a port, use @code{put-u8} or
@code{put-bytevector}.
@anchor{x-put-u8}
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} put-u8 port octet
@deffnx {C Function} scm_put_u8 (port, octet)
Write @var{octet}, an integer in the 0--255 range, to @var{port}, a
@ -239,6 +242,124 @@ Write the contents of @var{bv} to @var{port}, optionally starting at
index @var{start} and limiting to @var{count} octets.
@end deffn
@subsubheading Binary I/O in R7RS
@ref{R7RS Standard Libraries,R7RS} defines the following binary I/O
procedures. Access them with
@example
(use-modules (scheme base))
@end example
@anchor{x-open-output-bytevector}
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} open-output-bytevector
Returns a binary output port that will accumulate bytes
for retrieval by @ref{x-get-output-bytevector,@code{get-output-bytevector}}.
@end deffn
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} write-u8 byte [out]
Writes @var{byte} to the given binary output port @var{out} and returns
an unspecified value. @var{out} defaults to @code{(current-output-port)}.
See also @ref{x-put-u8,@code{put-u8}}.
@end deffn
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} read-u8 [in]
Returns the next byte available from the binary input port @var{in},
updating the port to point to the following byte. If no more bytes are
available, an end-of-file object is returned. @var{in} defaults to
@code{(current-input-port)}.
See also @ref{x-get-u8,@code{get-u8}}.
@end deffn
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} peek-u8 [in]
Returns the next byte available from the binary input port @var{in},
but without updating the port to point to the following
byte. If no more bytes are available, an end-of-file object
is returned. @var{in} defaults to @code{(current-input-port)}.
See also @ref{x-lookahead-u8,@code{lookahead-u8}}.
@end deffn
@anchor{x-get-output-bytevector}
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} get-output-bytevector port
Returns a bytevector consisting of the bytes that have been output to
@var{port} so far in the order they were output. It is an error if
@var{port} was not created with
@ref{x-open-output-bytevector,@code{open-output-bytevector}}.
@example
(define out (open-output-bytevector))
(write-u8 1 out)
(write-u8 2 out)
(write-u8 3 out)
(get-output-bytevector out) @result{} #vu8(1 2 3)
@end example
@end deffn
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} open-input-bytevector bv
Takes a bytevector @var{bv} and returns a binary input port that
delivers bytes from @var{bv}.
@example
(define in (open-input-bytevector #vu8(1 2 3)))
(read-u8 in) @result{} 1
(peek-u8 in) @result{} 2
(read-u8 in) @result{} 2
(read-u8 in) @result{} 3
(read-u8 in) @result{} #<eof>
@end example
@end deffn
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} read-bytevector! bv [port [start [end]]]
Reads the next @var{end} - @var{start} bytes, or as many as are
available before the end of file, from the binary input port into the
bytevector @var{bv} in left-to-right order beginning at the @var{start}
position. If @var{end} is not supplied, reads until the end of @var{bv}
has been reached. If @var{start} is not supplied, reads beginning at
position 0.
Returns the number of bytes read. If no bytes are available, an
end-of-file object is returned.
@example
(define in (open-input-bytevector #vu8(1 2 3)))
(define bv (make-bytevector 5 0))
(read-bytevector! bv in 1 3) @result{} 2
bv @result{} #vu8(0 1 2 0 0 0)
@end example
@end deffn
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} read-bytevector k in
Reads the next @var{k} bytes, or as many as are available before the end
of file if that is less than @var{k}, from the binary input port
@var{in} into a newly allocated bytevector in left-to-right order, and
returns the bytevector. If no bytes are available before the end of
file, an end-of-file object is returned.
@example
(define bv #vu8(1 2 3))
(read-bytevector 2 (open-input-bytevector bv)) @result{} #vu8(1 2)
(read-bytevector 10 (open-input-bytevector bv)) @result{} #vu8(1 2 3)
@end example
@end deffn
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} write-bytevector bv [port [start [end]]]
Writes the bytes of bytevector @var{bv} from @var{start} to @var{end} in
left-to-right order to the binary output @var{port}. @var{start}
defaults to 0 and @var{end} defaults to the length of @var{bv}.
@example
(define out (open-output-bytevector))
(write-bytevector #vu8(0 1 2 3 4) out 2 4)
(get-output-bytevector out) @result{} #vu8(2 3)
@end example
@end deffn
@node Encoding
@subsection Encoding

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@section R7RS Support
@cindex R7RS
The R7RS standard is essentially R5RS (directly supported by Guile),
plus a module facility, plus an organization of bindings into a standard
set of modules.
The @uref{https://small.r7rs.org/,R7RS} standard is essentially R5RS
(directly supported by Guile), plus a module facility, plus an
organization of bindings into a standard set of modules.
Happily, the syntax for R7RS modules was chosen to be compatible with
R6RS, and so Guile's documentation there applies. @xref{R6RS