Determine how many bytes readAll() has read about jbinary

[RReverser]

readAll() is just a helper for reading entire underlying structure (from 0 offset to the very end) as type aliased by jBinary.all. In es6 branch, I've added 'iterator' type but it's not merged yet because it slows down things as of now.

However, you can still read items one-by-one on your own if you need it - just do a loop with .read('YourType') in the body.

[danvk]

Is there a way to convert a TypeSet to a Type? TypeSets can do a few things that mere Types cannot, e.g. reference one another and set endian-ness.

[RReverser]

TypeSet is just a set of types that applies to entire jBinary instance. You definitely can use custom endianness on case-by-case basis, as well as reference types from each other.

[danvk]

I see, so if I do jBinary.read('mytype'), and 'mytype' is in the TypeSet that the jBinary object was constructed with, it'll work? i.e. jBinary.read('File')?

[RReverser]

Yep, exactly. As you can see from https://github.com/jDataView/jBinary/blob/master/src/proto/props.js#L61, .readAll() does pretty much the same under the hood.

[danvk]

Got it!

Thanks for the great library, btw. It's made parsing bioinformatics formats a breeze.

[RReverser]

Glad it worked for you well! :)