So the "fast" way of converting a multi-buffer stream back into a string would be to use string decoder, and convert each chunk, then concat the strings right? In v8, the strings are actually cons-strings, so adding 2 strings together should be an O(1) operation right?
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 5:24 AM, Mattias Ernelli <[email protected]>wrote: > No i dont think, that's the way its done, since it would be very > inefficient and each chunk is converted to a string directly. > > I Believe that string decoder checks the end of each chunk to see if any > multibyte char is straddling, very easy check in utf8 encoding, and > excludes the partial char from conversion, saves it in a local char buffer > and concatenates it with the remaining bytes in the next chunk. > > Now the only thing i need to figure out is how to convert a binary buffer > to internal utf8 encoded string without looping through all bytes in the > chunk in JS. > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
