BEncode
A bencode encoder/decoder.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'b_encode'Or install it yourself:
$ gem install b_encodeUsage
Encoding
"foo".bencode # => "3:foo"
123.bencode # => "i123e"
["foo", 123].bencode # => "l3:fooi123ee"
{"foo" => 123}.bencode # => "d3:fooi123ee"Decoding
BEncode.decode "3:foo" # => "foo"
BEncode.decode "i123e" # => 123
BEncode.decode "l3:fooi123ee" # => ["foo", 123]
BEncode.decode "d3:fooi123ee" # => {"foo" => 123}Other
Some very informal benchmarks against the bencode gem:
user system total real
b_encode: encoding integers 0.120000 0.000000 0.120000 ( 0.119217)
b_encode: encoding strings 0.310000 0.000000 0.310000 ( 0.306352)
b_encode: encoding lists 0.990000 0.000000 0.990000 ( 0.992975)
b_encode: encoding dicts 1.000000 0.000000 1.000000 ( 1.001729)
b_encode: decoding integers 0.460000 0.000000 0.460000 ( 0.461679)
b_encode: decoding strings 0.570000 0.000000 0.570000 ( 0.573589)
b_encode: decoding lists 1.210000 0.000000 1.210000 ( 1.211016)
b_encode: decoding hashes 1.590000 0.000000 1.590000 ( 1.592065)
user system total real
bencode: encoding integers 0.440000 0.010000 0.450000 ( 0.439681)
bencode: encoding strings 0.560000 0.000000 0.560000 ( 0.552505)
bencode: encoding lists 3.720000 0.000000 3.720000 ( 3.725596)
bencode: encoding dicts 2.880000 0.000000 2.880000 ( 2.884355)
bencode: decoding integers 2.460000 0.000000 2.460000 ( 2.466726)
bencode: decoding strings 3.380000 0.000000 3.380000 ( 3.377338)
bencode: decoding lists 18.130000 0.010000 18.140000 ( 18.150964)
bencode: decoding hashes 20.940000 0.040000 20.980000 ( 20.982961)