From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-06-14T12:56:54+09:00
Subject: Re: [RCR]: Replace pack and unpack with OO versions

Bill Atkins wrote:
> Rather than having code like this:
> 
> flags, ignore, length, name = data.unpack "nnna*"
> 
> let's try this:
> 
> u = Unpacker.new data
> flags, ignore, length, name = u.word, u.word, u.word, u.string
> 
> I think this looks a lot neater and is much more maintainable.  A
> similar thing could be done with pack.
> 
> p = Packer.new
> p.word 0x01
> p.word 0x00
> p.word 0x08
> p.string "ERERER"
> 
> p.to_s => packed version
> 
> Any ideas on this before I draft it up into a real RCR?

Hmm, looks like it is keeping some internal state? A "file
pointer" so to speak?


Hal