ServerJS/Binary
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JavaScript does not have a binary data type. However, in server-side scenarios, binary data needs to be often processed. That is why we need some working byte or binary array or string class.
Proposals
- ServerJS/Binary/A Proposal A from Ondras
- ServerJS/Binary/B Proposal B from Kris Kowal
- ServerJS/Binary/C Proposal C from Daniel Friesen
Prior Art
- Adobe AIR's ByteArray
- Mozilla's nsIBinaryInputStream
- Mozilla's nsIBinaryOutputStream
- EJScript ByteArray
- Google Gears Blob
- JSlibs Blob
- Flusspferd Blob repository link (since it has been removed, the docs might go away at some point)
Relevant Discussions
- First Proposal
- Comments on Binary object
- Binary API Brouhaha
- ByteArray and ByteString proposal regarding proposal B
Encodings are a related topic.