Support for BinarySlice to avoid allocation #139
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For optimized applications where we need to read binary data (for example calculating checksums), I propose to add a new type
BinarySlice<T>
along the currentBinary<T>
in order to avoid allocation/copying. This type can only be used as a parameter and not return value on the Rust side, since modifying the binary string is not allowed. For our usage, this improves the running time by about -20%.Up for discussion: should we keep this in
binary_slice
or move it tobinary
?Please let me know if there is a need for additional documentation somewhere.