.TH "Stdlib.Bytes" 3o 2023-09-18 OCamldoc "OCaml library"
.SH NAME
Stdlib.Bytes \- no description
.SH Module
Module   Stdlib.Bytes
.SH Documentation
.sp
Module
.BI "Bytes"
 : 
.B (module Stdlib__Bytes)

.sp

.sp

.sp
.sp

.I val length 
: 
.B bytes -> int
.sp
Return the length (number of bytes) of the argument\&.

.sp

.I val get 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> char
.sp

.ft B
get s n
.ft R
returns the byte at index 
.ft B
n
.ft R
in argument 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if 
.ft B
n
.ft R
is not a valid index in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val set 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> char -> unit
.sp

.ft B
set s n c
.ft R
modifies 
.ft B
s
.ft R
in place, replacing the byte at index 
.ft B
n
.ft R
with 
.ft B
c
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if 
.ft B
n
.ft R
is not a valid index in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val create 
: 
.B int -> bytes
.sp

.ft B
create n
.ft R
returns a new byte sequence of length 
.ft B
n
.ft R
\&. The
sequence is uninitialized and contains arbitrary bytes\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if 
.ft B
n < 0
.ft R
or 
.ft B
n > 
.ft R
.ft B
Sys\&.max_string_length
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val make 
: 
.B int -> char -> bytes
.sp

.ft B
make n c
.ft R
returns a new byte sequence of length 
.ft B
n
.ft R
, filled with
the byte 
.ft B
c
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if 
.ft B
n < 0
.ft R
or 
.ft B
n > 
.ft R
.ft B
Sys\&.max_string_length
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val init 
: 
.B int -> (int -> char) -> bytes
.sp

.ft B
init n f
.ft R
returns a fresh byte sequence of length 
.ft B
n
.ft R
,
with character 
.ft B
i
.ft R
initialized to the result of 
.ft B
f i
.ft R
(in increasing
index order)\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if 
.ft B
n < 0
.ft R
or 
.ft B
n > 
.ft R
.ft B
Sys\&.max_string_length
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val empty 
: 
.B bytes
.sp
A byte sequence of size 0\&.

.sp

.I val copy 
: 
.B bytes -> bytes
.sp
Return a new byte sequence that contains the same bytes as the
argument\&.

.sp

.I val of_string 
: 
.B string -> bytes
.sp
Return a new byte sequence that contains the same bytes as the
given string\&.

.sp

.I val to_string 
: 
.B bytes -> string
.sp
Return a new string that contains the same bytes as the given byte
sequence\&.

.sp

.I val sub 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int -> bytes
.sp

.ft B
sub s pos len
.ft R
returns a new byte sequence of length 
.ft B
len
.ft R
,
containing the subsequence of 
.ft B
s
.ft R
that starts at position 
.ft B
pos
.ft R
and has length 
.ft B
len
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if 
.ft B
pos
.ft R
and 
.ft B
len
.ft R
do not designate a
valid range of 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val sub_string 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int -> string
.sp
Same as 
.ft B
Bytes\&.sub
.ft R
but return a string instead of a byte sequence\&.

.sp

.I val extend 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int -> bytes
.sp

.ft B
extend s left right
.ft R
returns a new byte sequence that contains
the bytes of 
.ft B
s
.ft R
, with 
.ft B
left
.ft R
uninitialized bytes prepended and
.ft B
right
.ft R
uninitialized bytes appended to it\&. If 
.ft B
left
.ft R
or 
.ft B
right
.ft R
is negative, then bytes are removed (instead of appended) from
the corresponding side of 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.05.0 in BytesLabels

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if the result length is negative or
longer than 
.ft B
Sys\&.max_string_length
.ft R
bytes\&.

.sp

.I val fill 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int -> char -> unit
.sp

.ft B
fill s pos len c
.ft R
modifies 
.ft B
s
.ft R
in place, replacing 
.ft B
len
.ft R
characters with 
.ft B
c
.ft R
, starting at 
.ft B
pos
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if 
.ft B
pos
.ft R
and 
.ft B
len
.ft R
do not designate a
valid range of 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val blit 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> bytes -> int -> int -> unit
.sp

.ft B
blit src src_pos dst dst_pos len
.ft R
copies 
.ft B
len
.ft R
bytes from sequence
.ft B
src
.ft R
, starting at index 
.ft B
src_pos
.ft R
, to sequence 
.ft B
dst
.ft R
, starting at
index 
.ft B
dst_pos
.ft R
\&. It works correctly even if 
.ft B
src
.ft R
and 
.ft B
dst
.ft R
are the
same byte sequence, and the source and destination intervals
overlap\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if 
.ft B
src_pos
.ft R
and 
.ft B
len
.ft R
do not
designate a valid range of 
.ft B
src
.ft R
, or if 
.ft B
dst_pos
.ft R
and 
.ft B
len
.ft R
do not designate a valid range of 
.ft B
dst
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val blit_string 
: 
.B string -> int -> bytes -> int -> int -> unit
.sp

.ft B
blit src src_pos dst dst_pos len
.ft R
copies 
.ft B
len
.ft R
bytes from string
.ft B
src
.ft R
, starting at index 
.ft B
src_pos
.ft R
, to byte sequence 
.ft B
dst
.ft R
,
starting at index 
.ft B
dst_pos
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.05.0 in BytesLabels

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if 
.ft B
src_pos
.ft R
and 
.ft B
len
.ft R
do not
designate a valid range of 
.ft B
src
.ft R
, or if 
.ft B
dst_pos
.ft R
and 
.ft B
len
.ft R
do not designate a valid range of 
.ft B
dst
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val concat 
: 
.B bytes -> bytes list -> bytes
.sp

.ft B
concat sep sl
.ft R
concatenates the list of byte sequences 
.ft B
sl
.ft R
,
inserting the separator byte sequence 
.ft B
sep
.ft R
between each, and
returns the result as a new byte sequence\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if the result is longer than
.ft B
Sys\&.max_string_length
.ft R
bytes\&.

.sp

.I val cat 
: 
.B bytes -> bytes -> bytes
.sp

.ft B
cat s1 s2
.ft R
concatenates 
.ft B
s1
.ft R
and 
.ft B
s2
.ft R
and returns the result
as a new byte sequence\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.05.0 in BytesLabels

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if the result is longer than
.ft B
Sys\&.max_string_length
.ft R
bytes\&.

.sp

.I val iter 
: 
.B (char -> unit) -> bytes -> unit
.sp

.ft B
iter f s
.ft R
applies function 
.ft B
f
.ft R
in turn to all the bytes of 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.
It is equivalent to 
.ft B
f (get s 0); f (get s 1); \&.\&.\&.; f (get s
.br
\&    (length s \- 1)); ()
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val iteri 
: 
.B (int -> char -> unit) -> bytes -> unit
.sp
Same as 
.ft B
Bytes\&.iter
.ft R
, but the function is applied to the index of
the byte as first argument and the byte itself as second
argument\&.

.sp

.I val map 
: 
.B (char -> char) -> bytes -> bytes
.sp

.ft B
map f s
.ft R
applies function 
.ft B
f
.ft R
in turn to all the bytes of 
.ft B
s
.ft R
(in
increasing index order) and stores the resulting bytes in a new sequence
that is returned as the result\&.

.sp

.I val mapi 
: 
.B (int -> char -> char) -> bytes -> bytes
.sp

.ft B
mapi f s
.ft R
calls 
.ft B
f
.ft R
with each character of 
.ft B
s
.ft R
and its
index (in increasing index order) and stores the resulting bytes
in a new sequence that is returned as the result\&.

.sp

.I val fold_left 
: 
.B ('a -> char -> 'a) -> 'a -> bytes -> 'a
.sp

.ft B
fold_left f x s
.ft R
computes
.ft B
f (\&.\&.\&. (f (f x (get s 0)) (get s 1)) \&.\&.\&.) (get s (n\-1))
.ft R
,
where 
.ft B
n
.ft R
is the length of 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.13.0

.sp

.I val fold_right 
: 
.B (char -> 'a -> 'a) -> bytes -> 'a -> 'a
.sp

.ft B
fold_right f s x
.ft R
computes
.ft B
f (get s 0) (f (get s 1) ( \&.\&.\&. (f (get s (n\-1)) x) \&.\&.\&.))
.ft R
,
where 
.ft B
n
.ft R
is the length of 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.13.0

.sp

.I val for_all 
: 
.B (char -> bool) -> bytes -> bool
.sp

.ft B
for_all p s
.ft R
checks if all characters in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
satisfy the predicate 
.ft B
p
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.13.0

.sp

.I val exists 
: 
.B (char -> bool) -> bytes -> bool
.sp

.ft B
exists p s
.ft R
checks if at least one character of 
.ft B
s
.ft R
satisfies the predicate
.ft B
p
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.13.0

.sp

.I val trim 
: 
.B bytes -> bytes
.sp
Return a copy of the argument, without leading and trailing
whitespace\&. The bytes regarded as whitespace are the ASCII
characters 
.ft B
\&' \&'
.ft R
, 
.ft B
\&'\(rs012\&'
.ft R
, 
.ft B
\&'\(rsn\&'
.ft R
, 
.ft B
\&'\(rsr\&'
.ft R
, and 
.ft B
\&'\(rst\&'
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val escaped 
: 
.B bytes -> bytes
.sp
Return a copy of the argument, with special characters represented
by escape sequences, following the lexical conventions of OCaml\&.
All characters outside the ASCII printable range (32\&.\&.126) are
escaped, as well as backslash and double\-quote\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if the result is longer than
.ft B
Sys\&.max_string_length
.ft R
bytes\&.

.sp

.I val index 
: 
.B bytes -> char -> int
.sp

.ft B
index s c
.ft R
returns the index of the first occurrence of byte 
.ft B
c
.ft R
in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Not_found"
if 
.ft B
c
.ft R
does not occur in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val index_opt 
: 
.B bytes -> char -> int option
.sp

.ft B
index_opt s c
.ft R
returns the index of the first occurrence of byte 
.ft B
c
.ft R
in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
or 
.ft B
None
.ft R
if 
.ft B
c
.ft R
does not occur in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.05

.sp

.I val rindex 
: 
.B bytes -> char -> int
.sp

.ft B
rindex s c
.ft R
returns the index of the last occurrence of byte 
.ft B
c
.ft R
in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Not_found"
if 
.ft B
c
.ft R
does not occur in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val rindex_opt 
: 
.B bytes -> char -> int option
.sp

.ft B
rindex_opt s c
.ft R
returns the index of the last occurrence of byte 
.ft B
c
.ft R
in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
or 
.ft B
None
.ft R
if 
.ft B
c
.ft R
does not occur in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.05

.sp

.I val index_from 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> char -> int
.sp

.ft B
index_from s i c
.ft R
returns the index of the first occurrence of
byte 
.ft B
c
.ft R
in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
after position 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&.  
.ft B
index s c
.ft R
is
equivalent to 
.ft B
index_from s 0 c
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if 
.ft B
i
.ft R
is not a valid position in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Not_found"
if 
.ft B
c
.ft R
does not occur in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
after position 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val index_from_opt 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> char -> int option
.sp

.ft B
index_from_opt s i c
.ft R
returns the index of the first occurrence of
byte 
.ft B
c
.ft R
in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
after position 
.ft B
i
.ft R
or 
.ft B
None
.ft R
if 
.ft B
c
.ft R
does not occur in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
after position 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&.
.ft B
index_opt s c
.ft R
is equivalent to 
.ft B
index_from_opt s 0 c
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.05

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if 
.ft B
i
.ft R
is not a valid position in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val rindex_from 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> char -> int
.sp

.ft B
rindex_from s i c
.ft R
returns the index of the last occurrence of
byte 
.ft B
c
.ft R
in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
before position 
.ft B
i+1
.ft R
\&.  
.ft B
rindex s c
.ft R
is equivalent
to 
.ft B
rindex_from s (length s \- 1) c
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if 
.ft B
i+1
.ft R
is not a valid position in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Not_found"
if 
.ft B
c
.ft R
does not occur in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
before position 
.ft B
i+1
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val rindex_from_opt 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> char -> int option
.sp

.ft B
rindex_from_opt s i c
.ft R
returns the index of the last occurrence
of byte 
.ft B
c
.ft R
in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
before position 
.ft B
i+1
.ft R
or 
.ft B
None
.ft R
if 
.ft B
c
.ft R
does not
occur in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
before position 
.ft B
i+1
.ft R
\&.  
.ft B
rindex_opt s c
.ft R
is equivalent to
.ft B
rindex_from s (length s \- 1) c
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.05

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if 
.ft B
i+1
.ft R
is not a valid position in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val contains 
: 
.B bytes -> char -> bool
.sp

.ft B
contains s c
.ft R
tests if byte 
.ft B
c
.ft R
appears in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val contains_from 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> char -> bool
.sp

.ft B
contains_from s start c
.ft R
tests if byte 
.ft B
c
.ft R
appears in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
after
position 
.ft B
start
.ft R
\&.  
.ft B
contains s c
.ft R
is equivalent to 
.ft B
contains_from
.br
\&    s 0 c
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if 
.ft B
start
.ft R
is not a valid position in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val rcontains_from 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> char -> bool
.sp

.ft B
rcontains_from s stop c
.ft R
tests if byte 
.ft B
c
.ft R
appears in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
before
position 
.ft B
stop+1
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Raises Invalid_argument"
if 
.ft B
stop < 0
.ft R
or 
.ft B
stop+1
.ft R
is not a valid
position in 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val uppercase 
: 
.B bytes -> bytes
.sp
.B "Deprecated."
Functions operating on Latin\-1 character set are deprecated\&.

.sp
Return a copy of the argument, with all lowercase letters
translated to uppercase, including accented letters of the ISO
Latin\-1 (8859\-1) character set\&.

.sp

.I val lowercase 
: 
.B bytes -> bytes
.sp
.B "Deprecated."
Functions operating on Latin\-1 character set are deprecated\&.

.sp
Return a copy of the argument, with all uppercase letters
translated to lowercase, including accented letters of the ISO
Latin\-1 (8859\-1) character set\&.

.sp

.I val capitalize 
: 
.B bytes -> bytes
.sp
.B "Deprecated."
Functions operating on Latin\-1 character set are deprecated\&.

.sp
Return a copy of the argument, with the first character set to uppercase,
using the ISO Latin\-1 (8859\-1) character set\&.

.sp

.I val uncapitalize 
: 
.B bytes -> bytes
.sp
.B "Deprecated."
Functions operating on Latin\-1 character set are deprecated\&.

.sp
Return a copy of the argument, with the first character set to lowercase,
using the ISO Latin\-1 (8859\-1) character set\&.

.sp

.I val uppercase_ascii 
: 
.B bytes -> bytes
.sp
Return a copy of the argument, with all lowercase letters
translated to uppercase, using the US\-ASCII character set\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.03.0 (4.05.0 in BytesLabels)

.sp

.I val lowercase_ascii 
: 
.B bytes -> bytes
.sp
Return a copy of the argument, with all uppercase letters
translated to lowercase, using the US\-ASCII character set\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.03.0 (4.05.0 in BytesLabels)

.sp

.I val capitalize_ascii 
: 
.B bytes -> bytes
.sp
Return a copy of the argument, with the first character set to uppercase,
using the US\-ASCII character set\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.03.0 (4.05.0 in BytesLabels)

.sp

.I val uncapitalize_ascii 
: 
.B bytes -> bytes
.sp
Return a copy of the argument, with the first character set to lowercase,
using the US\-ASCII character set\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.03.0 (4.05.0 in BytesLabels)

.sp
.I type t 
= 
.B bytes

.sp
An alias for the type of byte sequences\&.

.sp

.I val compare 
: 
.B t -> t -> int
.sp
The comparison function for byte sequences, with the same
specification as 
.ft B
compare
.ft R
\&.  Along with the type 
.ft B
t
.ft R
,
this function 
.ft B
compare
.ft R
allows the module 
.ft B
Bytes
.ft R
to be passed as
argument to the functors 
.ft B
Set\&.Make
.ft R
and 
.ft B
Map\&.Make
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val equal 
: 
.B t -> t -> bool
.sp
The equality function for byte sequences\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.03.0 (4.05.0 in BytesLabels)

.sp

.I val starts_with 
: 
.B prefix:bytes -> bytes -> bool
.sp

.ft B
starts_with 
.ft R
.ft B
~
.ft R
.ft B
prefix s
.ft R
is 
.ft B
true
.ft R
if and only if 
.ft B
s
.ft R
starts with
.ft B
prefix
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.13.0

.sp

.I val ends_with 
: 
.B suffix:bytes -> bytes -> bool
.sp

.ft B
ends_with suffix s
.ft R
is 
.ft B
true
.ft R
if and only if 
.ft B
s
.ft R
ends with 
.ft B
suffix
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.13.0

.sp

.PP
.SS Unsafe conversions (for advanced users)
.sp
This section describes unsafe, low\-level conversion functions
between 
.ft B
bytes
.ft R
and 
.ft B
string
.ft R
\&. They do not copy the internal data;
used improperly, they can break the immutability invariant on
strings provided by the 
.ft B
\-safe\-string
.ft R
option\&. They are available for
expert library authors, but for most purposes you should use the
always\-correct 
.ft B
Bytes\&.to_string
.ft R
and 
.ft B
Bytes\&.of_string
.ft R
instead\&.
.PP

.I val unsafe_to_string 
: 
.B bytes -> string
.sp
Unsafely convert a byte sequence into a string\&.
.sp
To reason about the use of 
.ft B
unsafe_to_string
.ft R
, it is convenient to
consider an "ownership" discipline\&. A piece of code that
manipulates some data "owns" it; there are several disjoint ownership
modes, including:
.sp
\-Unique ownership: the data may be accessed and mutated
.sp
\-Shared ownership: the data has several owners, that may only
access it, not mutate it\&.

Unique ownership is linear: passing the data to another piece of
code means giving up ownership (we cannot write the
data again)\&. A unique owner may decide to make the data shared
(giving up mutation rights on it), but shared data may not become
uniquely\-owned again\&.
.sp

.ft B
unsafe_to_string s
.ft R
can only be used when the caller owns the byte
sequence 
.ft B
s
.ft R
\-\- either uniquely or as shared immutable data\&. The
caller gives up ownership of 
.ft B
s
.ft R
, and gains ownership of the
returned string\&.
.sp
There are two valid use\-cases that respect this ownership
discipline:
.sp
1\&. Creating a string by initializing and mutating a byte sequence
that is never changed after initialization is performed\&.
.sp

.EX
.ft B
.br
\&let string_init len f : string =
.br
\&  let s = Bytes\&.create len in
.br
\&  for i = 0 to len \- 1 do Bytes\&.set s i (f i) done;
.br
\&  Bytes\&.unsafe_to_string s
.br
\&   
.ft R
.EE
.sp
This function is safe because the byte sequence 
.ft B
s
.ft R
will never be
accessed or mutated after 
.ft B
unsafe_to_string
.ft R
is called\&. The
.ft B
string_init
.ft R
code gives up ownership of 
.ft B
s
.ft R
, and returns the
ownership of the resulting string to its caller\&.
.sp
Note that it would be unsafe if 
.ft B
s
.ft R
was passed as an additional
parameter to the function 
.ft B
f
.ft R
as it could escape this way and be
mutated in the future \-\- 
.ft B
string_init
.ft R
would give up ownership of
.ft B
s
.ft R
to pass it to 
.ft B
f
.ft R
, and could not call 
.ft B
unsafe_to_string
.ft R
safely\&.
.sp
We have provided the 
.ft B
String\&.init
.ft R
, 
.ft B
String\&.map
.ft R
and
.ft B
String\&.mapi
.ft R
functions to cover most cases of building
new strings\&. You should prefer those over 
.ft B
to_string
.ft R
or
.ft B
unsafe_to_string
.ft R
whenever applicable\&.
.sp
2\&. Temporarily giving ownership of a byte sequence to a function
that expects a uniquely owned string and returns ownership back, so
that we can mutate the sequence again after the call ended\&.
.sp

.EX
.ft B
.br
\&let bytes_length (s : bytes) =
.br
\&  String\&.length (Bytes\&.unsafe_to_string s)
.br
\&   
.ft R
.EE
.sp
In this use\-case, we do not promise that 
.ft B
s
.ft R
will never be mutated
after the call to 
.ft B
bytes_length s
.ft R
\&. The 
.ft B
String\&.length
.ft R
function
temporarily borrows unique ownership of the byte sequence
(and sees it as a 
.ft B
string
.ft R
), but returns this ownership back to
the caller, which may assume that 
.ft B
s
.ft R
is still a valid byte
sequence after the call\&. Note that this is only correct because we
know that 
.ft B
String\&.length
.ft R
does not capture its argument \-\- it could
escape by a side\-channel such as a memoization combinator\&.
.sp
The caller may not mutate 
.ft B
s
.ft R
while the string is borrowed (it has
temporarily given up ownership)\&. This affects concurrent programs,
but also higher\-order functions: if 
.ft B
String\&.length
.ft R
returned
a closure to be called later, 
.ft B
s
.ft R
should not be mutated until this
closure is fully applied and returns ownership\&.

.sp

.I val unsafe_of_string 
: 
.B string -> bytes
.sp
Unsafely convert a shared string to a byte sequence that should
not be mutated\&.
.sp
The same ownership discipline that makes 
.ft B
unsafe_to_string
.ft R
correct applies to 
.ft B
unsafe_of_string
.ft R
: you may use it if you were
the owner of the 
.ft B
string
.ft R
value, and you will own the return
.ft B
bytes
.ft R
in the same mode\&.
.sp
In practice, unique ownership of string values is extremely
difficult to reason about correctly\&. You should always assume
strings are shared, never uniquely owned\&.
.sp
For example, string literals are implicitly shared by the
compiler, so you never uniquely own them\&.
.sp

.EX
.ft B
.br
\&let incorrect = Bytes\&.unsafe_of_string "hello"
.br
\&let s = Bytes\&.of_string "hello"
.br
\&    
.ft R
.EE
.sp
The first declaration is incorrect, because the string literal
.ft B
"hello"
.ft R
could be shared by the compiler with other parts of the
program, and mutating 
.ft B
incorrect
.ft R
is a bug\&. You must always use
the second version, which performs a copy and is thus correct\&.
.sp
Assuming unique ownership of strings that are not string
literals, but are (partly) built from string literals, is also
incorrect\&. For example, mutating 
.ft B
unsafe_of_string ("foo" ^ s)
.ft R
could mutate the shared string 
.ft B
"foo"
.ft R
\-\- assuming a rope\-like
representation of strings\&. More generally, functions operating on
strings will assume shared ownership, they do not preserve unique
ownership\&. It is thus incorrect to assume unique ownership of the
result of 
.ft B
unsafe_of_string
.ft R
\&.
.sp
The only case we have reasonable confidence is safe is if the
produced 
.ft B
bytes
.ft R
is shared \-\- used as an immutable byte
sequence\&. This is possibly useful for incremental migration of
low\-level programs that manipulate immutable sequences of bytes
(for example 
.ft B
Marshal\&.from_bytes
.ft R
) and previously used the
.ft B
string
.ft R
type for this purpose\&.

.sp

.I val split_on_char 
: 
.B char -> bytes -> bytes list
.sp

.ft B
split_on_char sep s
.ft R
returns the list of all (possibly empty)
subsequences of 
.ft B
s
.ft R
that are delimited by the 
.ft B
sep
.ft R
character\&.
.sp
The function\&'s output is specified by the following invariants:
.sp
.sp
\-The list is not empty\&.
.sp
\-Concatenating its elements using 
.ft B
sep
.ft R
as a separator returns a
byte sequence equal to the input (
.ft B
Bytes\&.concat (Bytes\&.make 1 sep)
.br
\&      (Bytes\&.split_on_char sep s) = s
.ft R
)\&.
.sp
\-No byte sequence in the result contains the 
.ft B
sep
.ft R
character\&.


.sp
.B "Since"
4.13.0

.sp

.PP
.SS Iterators

.PP

.I val to_seq 
: 
.B t -> char Seq.t
.sp
Iterate on the string, in increasing index order\&. Modifications of the
string during iteration will be reflected in the sequence\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.07

.sp

.I val to_seqi 
: 
.B t -> (int * char) Seq.t
.sp
Iterate on the string, in increasing order, yielding indices along chars

.sp
.B "Since"
4.07

.sp

.I val of_seq 
: 
.B char Seq.t -> t
.sp
Create a string from the generator

.sp
.B "Since"
4.07

.sp

.PP
.SS UTF codecs and validations

.PP

.PP
.SS UTF-8

.PP

.I val get_utf_8_uchar 
: 
.B t -> int -> Uchar.utf_decode
.sp

.ft B
get_utf_8_uchar b i
.ft R
decodes an UTF\-8 character at index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
in
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val set_utf_8_uchar 
: 
.B t -> int -> Uchar.t -> int
.sp

.ft B
set_utf_8_uchar b i u
.ft R
UTF\-8 encodes 
.ft B
u
.ft R
at index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
in 
.ft B
b
.ft R
and returns the number of bytes 
.ft B
n
.ft R
that were written starting
at 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&. If 
.ft B
n
.ft R
is 
.ft B
0
.ft R
there was not enough space to encode 
.ft B
u
.ft R
at 
.ft B
i
.ft R
and 
.ft B
b
.ft R
was left untouched\&. Otherwise a new character can
be encoded at 
.ft B
i + n
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val is_valid_utf_8 
: 
.B t -> bool
.sp

.ft B
is_valid_utf_8 b
.ft R
is 
.ft B
true
.ft R
if and only if 
.ft B
b
.ft R
contains valid
UTF\-8 data\&.

.sp

.PP
.SS UTF-16BE

.PP

.I val get_utf_16be_uchar 
: 
.B t -> int -> Uchar.utf_decode
.sp

.ft B
get_utf_16be_uchar b i
.ft R
decodes an UTF\-16BE character at index
.ft B
i
.ft R
in 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val set_utf_16be_uchar 
: 
.B t -> int -> Uchar.t -> int
.sp

.ft B
set_utf_16be_uchar b i u
.ft R
UTF\-16BE encodes 
.ft B
u
.ft R
at index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
in 
.ft B
b
.ft R
and returns the number of bytes 
.ft B
n
.ft R
that were written starting
at 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&. If 
.ft B
n
.ft R
is 
.ft B
0
.ft R
there was not enough space to encode 
.ft B
u
.ft R
at 
.ft B
i
.ft R
and 
.ft B
b
.ft R
was left untouched\&. Otherwise a new character can
be encoded at 
.ft B
i + n
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val is_valid_utf_16be 
: 
.B t -> bool
.sp

.ft B
is_valid_utf_16be b
.ft R
is 
.ft B
true
.ft R
if and only if 
.ft B
b
.ft R
contains valid
UTF\-16BE data\&.

.sp

.PP
.SS UTF-16LE

.PP

.I val get_utf_16le_uchar 
: 
.B t -> int -> Uchar.utf_decode
.sp

.ft B
get_utf_16le_uchar b i
.ft R
decodes an UTF\-16LE character at index
.ft B
i
.ft R
in 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val set_utf_16le_uchar 
: 
.B t -> int -> Uchar.t -> int
.sp

.ft B
set_utf_16le_uchar b i u
.ft R
UTF\-16LE encodes 
.ft B
u
.ft R
at index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
in 
.ft B
b
.ft R
and returns the number of bytes 
.ft B
n
.ft R
that were written starting
at 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&. If 
.ft B
n
.ft R
is 
.ft B
0
.ft R
there was not enough space to encode 
.ft B
u
.ft R
at 
.ft B
i
.ft R
and 
.ft B
b
.ft R
was left untouched\&. Otherwise a new character can
be encoded at 
.ft B
i + n
.ft R
\&.

.sp

.I val is_valid_utf_16le 
: 
.B t -> bool
.sp

.ft B
is_valid_utf_16le b
.ft R
is 
.ft B
true
.ft R
if and only if 
.ft B
b
.ft R
contains valid
UTF\-16LE data\&.

.sp

.PP
.SS Binary encoding/decoding of integers

.PP

.PP
The functions in this section binary encode and decode integers to
and from byte sequences\&.
.sp
All following functions raise 
.ft B
Invalid_argument
.ft R
if the space
needed at index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
to decode or encode the integer is not
available\&.
.sp
Little\-endian (resp\&. big\-endian) encoding means that least
(resp\&. most) significant bytes are stored first\&.  Big\-endian is
also known as network byte order\&.  Native\-endian encoding is
either little\-endian or big\-endian depending on 
.ft B
Sys\&.big_endian
.ft R
\&.
.sp
32\-bit and 64\-bit integers are represented by the 
.ft B
int32
.ft R
and
.ft B
int64
.ft R
types, which can be interpreted either as signed or
unsigned numbers\&.
.sp
8\-bit and 16\-bit integers are represented by the 
.ft B
int
.ft R
type,
which has more bits than the binary encoding\&.  These extra bits
are handled as follows:
.sp
\-Functions that decode signed (resp\&. unsigned) 8\-bit or 16\-bit
integers represented by 
.ft B
int
.ft R
values sign\-extend
(resp\&. zero\-extend) their result\&.
.sp
\-Functions that encode 8\-bit or 16\-bit integers represented by
.ft B
int
.ft R
values truncate their input to their least significant
bytes\&.

.PP

.I val get_uint8 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int
.sp

.ft B
get_uint8 b i
.ft R
is 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s unsigned 8\-bit integer starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val get_int8 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int
.sp

.ft B
get_int8 b i
.ft R
is 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s signed 8\-bit integer starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val get_uint16_ne 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int
.sp

.ft B
get_uint16_ne b i
.ft R
is 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s native\-endian unsigned 16\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val get_uint16_be 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int
.sp

.ft B
get_uint16_be b i
.ft R
is 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s big\-endian unsigned 16\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val get_uint16_le 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int
.sp

.ft B
get_uint16_le b i
.ft R
is 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s little\-endian unsigned 16\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val get_int16_ne 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int
.sp

.ft B
get_int16_ne b i
.ft R
is 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s native\-endian signed 16\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val get_int16_be 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int
.sp

.ft B
get_int16_be b i
.ft R
is 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s big\-endian signed 16\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val get_int16_le 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int
.sp

.ft B
get_int16_le b i
.ft R
is 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s little\-endian signed 16\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val get_int32_ne 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int32
.sp

.ft B
get_int32_ne b i
.ft R
is 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s native\-endian 32\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val get_int32_be 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int32
.sp

.ft B
get_int32_be b i
.ft R
is 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s big\-endian 32\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val get_int32_le 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int32
.sp

.ft B
get_int32_le b i
.ft R
is 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s little\-endian 32\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val get_int64_ne 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int64
.sp

.ft B
get_int64_ne b i
.ft R
is 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s native\-endian 64\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val get_int64_be 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int64
.sp

.ft B
get_int64_be b i
.ft R
is 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s big\-endian 64\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val get_int64_le 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int64
.sp

.ft B
get_int64_le b i
.ft R
is 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s little\-endian 64\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val set_uint8 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int -> unit
.sp

.ft B
set_uint8 b i v
.ft R
sets 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s unsigned 8\-bit integer starting at byte index
.ft B
i
.ft R
to 
.ft B
v
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val set_int8 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int -> unit
.sp

.ft B
set_int8 b i v
.ft R
sets 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s signed 8\-bit integer starting at byte index
.ft B
i
.ft R
to 
.ft B
v
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val set_uint16_ne 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int -> unit
.sp

.ft B
set_uint16_ne b i v
.ft R
sets 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s native\-endian unsigned 16\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
to 
.ft B
v
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val set_uint16_be 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int -> unit
.sp

.ft B
set_uint16_be b i v
.ft R
sets 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s big\-endian unsigned 16\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
to 
.ft B
v
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val set_uint16_le 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int -> unit
.sp

.ft B
set_uint16_le b i v
.ft R
sets 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s little\-endian unsigned 16\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
to 
.ft B
v
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val set_int16_ne 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int -> unit
.sp

.ft B
set_int16_ne b i v
.ft R
sets 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s native\-endian signed 16\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
to 
.ft B
v
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val set_int16_be 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int -> unit
.sp

.ft B
set_int16_be b i v
.ft R
sets 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s big\-endian signed 16\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
to 
.ft B
v
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val set_int16_le 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int -> unit
.sp

.ft B
set_int16_le b i v
.ft R
sets 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s little\-endian signed 16\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
to 
.ft B
v
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val set_int32_ne 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int32 -> unit
.sp

.ft B
set_int32_ne b i v
.ft R
sets 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s native\-endian 32\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
to 
.ft B
v
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val set_int32_be 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int32 -> unit
.sp

.ft B
set_int32_be b i v
.ft R
sets 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s big\-endian 32\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
to 
.ft B
v
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val set_int32_le 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int32 -> unit
.sp

.ft B
set_int32_le b i v
.ft R
sets 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s little\-endian 32\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
to 
.ft B
v
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val set_int64_ne 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int64 -> unit
.sp

.ft B
set_int64_ne b i v
.ft R
sets 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s native\-endian 64\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
to 
.ft B
v
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val set_int64_be 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int64 -> unit
.sp

.ft B
set_int64_be b i v
.ft R
sets 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s big\-endian 64\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
to 
.ft B
v
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp

.I val set_int64_le 
: 
.B bytes -> int -> int64 -> unit
.sp

.ft B
set_int64_le b i v
.ft R
sets 
.ft B
b
.ft R
\&'s little\-endian 64\-bit integer
starting at byte index 
.ft B
i
.ft R
to 
.ft B
v
.ft R
\&.

.sp
.B "Since"
4.08

.sp