Add 'into_bytes' destructor to 'SizedStr'; Clean up code; Update and add more tests; Manually implement '<SizedIter as Iterator>::nth'; Implement 'Encode' and 'Decode' for 'CString', 'SystemTime', 'Duration'; Implement 'Encode' for 'CStr'; Update docs; Fix includes in '/bzipper/src/decode/mod.rs' and '/bzipper/src/sized_encode/mod.rs'; Add new 'NullCString' and 'NarrowSystemTime' error variants to 'DecodeError'; Optimise '<String as Decode>::decode'; Update lints; Implement 'SizedEncode' for 'SystemTime' and 'Duration'; Update benchmark stats; Update readme;

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,23 @@
 This is the changelog of bzipper.
 See `README.md` for more information.
 
+## 0.11.0
+
+* Add `into_bytes` destructor to `SizedStr`
+* Clean up code
+* Update and add more tests
+* Manually implement `<SizedIter as Iterator>::nth`
+* Implement `Encode` and `Decode` for `CString`, `SystemTime`, `Duration`
+* Implement `Encode` for `CStr`
+* Update docs
+* Fix includes in `/bzipper/src/decode/mod.rs` and `/bzipper/src/sized_encode/mod.rs`
+* Add new `NullCString` and `NarrowSystemTime` error variants to `DecodeError`
+* Optimise `<String as Decode>::decode`
+* Update lints
+* Implement `SizedEncode` for `SystemTime` and `Duration`
+* Update benchmark stats
+* Update readme
+
 ## 0.10.1
 
 * Clean up and refactor code

Cargo.toml

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ match_bool                         = "warn"
 match_on_vec_items                 = "warn"
 match_same_arms                    = "warn"
 mismatching_type_param_order       = "warn"
+missing_transmute_annotations      = "forbid"
 mixed_read_write_in_expression     = "deny"
 mut_mut                            = "deny"
 mutex_atomic                       = "deny"

README.md

@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ According to my runs on an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, these benchmarks indicate that bZi
 
 | Benchmark                          | [Bincode] | [Borsh] | bZipper | [Ciborium] | [Postcard] |
 | :--------------------------------- | --------: | ------: | ------: | ---------: | ---------: |
-| `encode_u8`                        |     1.262 |   1.271 |   1.153 |      2.854 |      1.270 |
+| `encode_u8`                        |     1.234 |   1.096 |   0.881 |      3.076 |      1.223 |
-| `encode_struct_unit`               |     0.000 |   0.000 |   0.000 |      0.447 |      0.000 |
+| `encode_struct_unit`               |     0.000 |   0.000 |   0.000 |      0.516 |      0.000 |
-| `encode_struct_unnamed`            |     1.270 |   1.102 |   0.998 |      1.948 |      1.182 |
+| `encode_struct_unnamed`            |     1.367 |   1.154 |   1.009 |      2.051 |      1.191 |
-| `encode_struct_named`              |     4.205 |   1.186 |   1.136 |     10.395 |      1.168 |
+| `encode_struct_named`              |     4.101 |   1.271 |   1.181 |      9.342 |      1.182 |
-| `encode_enum_unit`                 |     0.328 |   0.008 |   0.000 |      2.293 |      0.004 |
+| `encode_enum_unit`                 |     0.306 |   0.008 |   0.000 |      2.304 |      0.004 |
-| **Total time** →             |     7.065 |   3.567 |   3.286 |     17.937 |      3.625 |
+| **Total time** →             |     7.009 |   3.528 |   3.071 |     17.289 |      3.599 |
-| **Total deviation (p.c.)** → |      +115 |      +9 |      ±0 |       +446 |        +10 |
+| **Total deviation (p.c.)** → |      +128 |     +15 |      ±0 |       +463 |        +17 |
 
 [Bincode]: https://crates.io/crates/bincode/
 [Borsh]: https://crates.io/crates/borsh/

bzipper/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name          = "bzipper"
-version       = "0.10.1"
+version       = "0.11.0"
 edition       = "2021"
 rust-version  = "1.83"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/bzipper/"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ alloc = []
 std   = []
 
 [dependencies]
-bzipper_macros = { path = "../bzipper_macros", version = "0.10.1" }
+bzipper_macros = { path = "../bzipper_macros", version = "0.11.0" }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true

bzipper/src/decode/mod.rs

@@ -48,12 +48,18 @@ use core::ops::{
 	RangeTo,
 	RangeToInclusive,
 };
+use core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping;
+use core::str;
+use core::time::Duration;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
-use std::boxed::Box;
+use alloc::boxed::Box;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
-use std::collections::LinkedList;
+use alloc::collections::LinkedList;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+use alloc::ffi::CString;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 use alloc::string::String;
@@ -76,6 +82,9 @@ use std::hash::BuildHasher;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 use std::sync::{Mutex, RwLock};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+
 // Should we require `Encode` for `Decode`?
 
 /// Denotes a type capable of being decoded.
@@ -96,7 +105,6 @@ where
 	#[inline(always)]
 	fn decode(stream: &mut IStream) -> Result<Self, DecodeError> {
 		let value = (Decode::decode(stream)?, );
-
 		Ok(value)
 	}
 }
@@ -106,6 +114,7 @@ impl<T: Decode, const N: usize> Decode for [T; N] {
 	fn decode(stream: &mut IStream) -> Result<Self, DecodeError> {
 		// Initialise the array incrementally.
 
+		// SAFETY: Always safe.
  		let mut buf: [MaybeUninit<T>; N] = unsafe { MaybeUninit::uninit().assume_init() };
 
 		for item in &mut buf {
@@ -207,6 +216,46 @@ impl Decode for char {
 	}
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+#[cfg_attr(doc, doc(cfg(feature = "alloc")))]
+impl Decode for CString {
+	#[inline(always)]
+	fn decode(stream: &mut IStream) -> Result<Self, DecodeError> {
+		let len = Decode::decode(stream)?;
+
+		let data = stream.read(len);
+
+		for (i, c) in data.iter().enumerate() {
+			if *c == b'\x00' { return Err(DecodeError::NullCString { index: i }) };
+		}
+
+		let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(len);
+
+		unsafe {
+			let src = data.as_ptr();
+			let dst = buf.as_mut_ptr();
+
+			copy_nonoverlapping(src, dst, len);
+			buf.set_len(len);
+		}
+
+		// SAFETY: We have already tested the data.
+		let this = unsafe { Self::from_vec_unchecked(buf) };
+		Ok(this)
+	}
+}
+
+impl Decode for Duration {
+	#[inline(always)]
+	fn decode(stream: &mut IStream) -> Result<Self, DecodeError> {
+		let secs  = Decode::decode(stream)?;
+		let nanos = Decode::decode(stream)?;
+
+		let this = Self::new(secs, nanos);
+		Ok(this)
+	}
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 #[cfg_attr(doc, doc(cfg(feature = "std")))]
 impl<K, V, S> Decode for HashMap<K, V, S>
@@ -283,7 +332,6 @@ impl Decode for Ipv4Addr {
 	#[inline(always)]
 	fn decode(stream: &mut IStream) -> Result<Self, DecodeError> {
 		let value = Decode::decode(stream)?;
-
 		Ok(Self::from_bits(value))
 	}
 }
@@ -292,7 +340,6 @@ impl Decode for Ipv6Addr {
 	#[inline(always)]
 	fn decode(stream: &mut IStream) -> Result<Self, DecodeError> {
 		let value = Decode::decode(stream)?;
-
 		Ok(Self::from_bits(value))
 	}
 }
@@ -512,15 +559,52 @@ impl Decode for SocketAddrV6 {
 impl Decode for String {
 	#[inline(always)]
 	fn decode(stream: &mut IStream) -> Result<Self, DecodeError> {
-		let data = <Vec::<u8>>::decode(stream)?;
+		let len = Decode::decode(stream)?;
 
-		Self::from_utf8(data)
+		let data = stream.read(len);
+
+		str::from_utf8(data)
 			.map_err(|e| {
-				let data = e.as_bytes();
+				let i = e.valid_up_to();
-				let i = e.utf8_error().valid_up_to();
+				let c = data[i];
 
-				DecodeError::BadString(Utf8Error { value: data[i], index: i })
+				DecodeError::BadString(Utf8Error { value: c, index: i })
-			})
+			})?;
+
+		let mut v = Vec::with_capacity(len);
+
+		unsafe {
+			let src = data.as_ptr();
+			let dst = v.as_mut_ptr();
+
+			copy_nonoverlapping(src, dst, len);
+			v.set_len(len);
+		}
+
+		// SAFETY: We have already tested the raw data.
+		let this = unsafe { Self::from_utf8_unchecked(v) };
+		Ok(this)
+	}
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+#[cfg_attr(doc, doc(cfg(feature = "std")))]
+impl Decode for SystemTime {
+	#[inline]
+	fn decode(stream: &mut IStream) -> Result<Self, DecodeError> {
+		let time = i64::decode(stream)?;
+
+		let this = if time.is_positive() {
+			let time = time as u64;
+
+			UNIX_EPOCH.checked_add(Duration::from_secs(time))
+		} else {
+			let time = time.unsigned_abs();
+
+			UNIX_EPOCH.checked_sub(Duration::from_secs(time))
+		};
+
+		this.ok_or_else(|| DecodeError::NarrowSystemTime { timestamp: time })
 	}
 }
 

bzipper/src/decode/test.rs

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 // not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
+use alloc::string::String;
 use bzipper::{Decode, IStream, SizedEncode};
 use core::char;
 
@@ -118,5 +119,7 @@ fn test_decode() {
 		0xC8, 0x4C,
 	] => UnitOrFields::Named { timestamp: 1724237900 });
 
-	test!(Vec<u16>: [0x00, 0x02, 0xFF, 0xEE, 0xDD, 0xCC] => [0xFF_EE, 0xDD_CC].as_slice());
+	test!(Vec<u16>: [0x00, 0x02, 0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC, 0xDD] => [0xAA_BB, 0xCC_DD].as_slice());
+
+	test!(String: [0x00, 0x06, 0xE6, 0x97, 0xA5, 0xE6, 0x9C, 0xAC] => "\u{65E5}\u{672C}");
 }

bzipper/src/encode/mod.rs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use crate::error::EncodeError;
 
 use core::cell::{Cell, LazyCell, RefCell};
 use core::convert::Infallible;
+use core::ffi::CStr;
 use core::hash::BuildHasher;
 use core::hint::unreachable_unchecked;
 use core::marker::{PhantomData, PhantomPinned};
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ use core::ops::{
 	RangeTo,
 	RangeToInclusive,
 };
+use core::time::Duration;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 use alloc::borrow::{Cow, ToOwned};
@@ -58,6 +60,9 @@ use alloc::boxed::Box;
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 use alloc::collections::LinkedList;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+use alloc::ffi::CString;
+
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 use alloc::string::String;
 
@@ -76,6 +81,9 @@ use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 use std::sync::{LazyLock, Mutex, RwLock};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+
 /// Denotes a type capable of being encoded.
 ///
 /// It is recommended to simply derive this trait for custom types.
@@ -148,6 +156,8 @@ impl<T: Encode> Encode for (T, ) {
 }
 
 impl<T: Encode, const N: usize> Encode for [T; N] {
+	/// Encodes each element sequentially.
+	/// The length is hard-coded into the type and is therefore not encoded.
 	#[inline(always)]
 	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
 		for value in self {
@@ -159,6 +169,7 @@ impl<T: Encode, const N: usize> Encode for [T; N] {
 }
 
 impl<T: Encode> Encode for [T] {
+	/// Encodes each element sequentially with an extra length specifier (of type [`usize`]) prepended first.
 	#[inline(always)]
 	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
 		self.len().encode(stream)?;
@@ -242,6 +253,35 @@ impl<T: Encode + ToOwned> Encode for Cow<'_, T> {
 	}
 }
 
+impl Encode for CStr {
+	/// Encodes the string identically to [a byte slice](slice) containing the string's byte values **excluding** the null terminator.
+	#[inline(always)]
+	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
+		self.to_bytes().encode(stream)
+	}
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+#[cfg_attr(doc, doc(cfg(feature = "alloc")))]
+impl Encode for CString {
+	/// See the the implementation of [`CStr`].
+	#[inline(always)]
+	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
+		self.as_c_str().encode(stream)
+	}
+}
+
+impl Encode for Duration {
+	/// Encodes the duration's seconds and nanoseconds counters sequentially.
+	#[inline(always)]
+	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
+		self.as_secs().encode(stream)?;
+		self.subsec_nanos().encode(stream)?;
+
+		Ok(())
+	}
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 #[cfg_attr(doc, doc(cfg(feature = "std")))]
 impl<K, V, S> Encode for HashMap<K, V, S>
@@ -289,9 +329,10 @@ impl Encode for Infallible {
 	}
 }
 
-/// This implementation encoded as discriminant denoting the IP version of the address (i.e. `4` for IPv4 and `6` for IPv6).
-/// This is then followed by the respective address' own encoding (either [`Ipv4Addr`] or [`Ipv6Addr`]).
 impl Encode for IpAddr {
+	/// Encodes a the address with a preceding discriminant denoting the IP version of the address (i.e. `4` for IPv4 and `6` for IPv6).
+	///
+	/// See also the implementations of [`Ipv4Addr`] and [`Ipv6Addr`].
 	#[inline(always)]
 	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
 		// The discriminant here is the IP version.
@@ -312,8 +353,8 @@ impl Encode for IpAddr {
 	}
 }
 
-/// This implementation encodes the address's bits in big-endian.
 impl Encode for Ipv4Addr {
+	/// Encodes the address's bits in big-endian.
 	#[inline(always)]
 	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
 		let value = self.to_bits();
@@ -321,8 +362,8 @@ impl Encode for Ipv4Addr {
 	}
 }
 
-/// This implementation encodes the address's bits in big-endian.
 impl Encode for Ipv6Addr {
+	/// Encodes the address's bits in big-endian.
 	#[inline(always)]
 	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
 		let value = self.to_bits();
@@ -330,9 +371,10 @@ impl Encode for Ipv6Addr {
 	}
 }
 
-/// This implementation casts `self` to `i16` before encoding.
-/// If this conversion isn't possible for the given value, then the [`IsizeOutOfRange`](EncodeError::IsizeOutOfRange) error is returned.
 impl Encode for isize {
+	/// Casts `self` to [`i16`] and encodes.
+	///
+	/// If this conversion isn't possible for the given value, then the [`IsizeOutOfRange`](EncodeError::IsizeOutOfRange) error is returned.
 	#[inline]
 	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
 		let value = i16::try_from(*self)
@@ -383,10 +425,11 @@ impl<T: Encode> Encode for Mutex<T> {
 	}
 }
 
-/// This implementation encodes a sign denoting the optional's variant.
-/// The sign is `false` for `None` instances and `true` for `Some` instances.
-/// The contained value is encoded proceeding the sign.
 impl<T: Encode> Encode for Option<T> {
+	/// Encodes a sign denoting the optional's variant.
+	/// This is `false` for `None` instances and `true` for `Some` instances.
+	///
+	/// If `Some`, then the contained value is encoded after this sign..
 	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
 		match *self {
 			None => false.encode(stream)?,
@@ -485,10 +528,12 @@ impl<T: Encode> Encode for RefCell<T> {
 	}
 }
 
-/// This implementation encodes a sign denoting the optional's variant.
-/// The sign is `false` for denoting `Ok` and `true` for denoting `Err`.
-/// The contained value is encoded proceeding the sign.
 impl<T: Encode, E: Encode> Encode for core::result::Result<T, E> {
+	/// Encodes a sign denoting the result's variant.
+	/// This is `false` for `Ok` instances and `true` for `Err` instances.
+	///
+	/// If `Ok`, then the contained value is encoded after this sign.
+	#[inline]
 	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
 		// The sign here is `false` for `Ok` objects and
 		// `true` for `Err` objects.
@@ -528,9 +573,9 @@ impl<T: Encode> Encode for Saturating<T> {
 	}
 }
 
-/// This implementation encoded as discriminant denoting the IP version of the address (i.e. `4` for IPv4 and `6` for IPv6).
-/// This is then followed by the respective address' own encoding (either [`SocketAddrV4`] or [`SocketAddrV6`]).
 impl Encode for SocketAddr {
+	/// This implementation encoded as discriminant denoting the IP version of the address (i.e. `4` for IPv4 and `6` for IPv6).
+	/// This is then followed by the respective address' own encoding (either [`SocketAddrV4`] or [`SocketAddrV6`]).
 	#[inline]
 	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
 		// The discriminant here is the IP version.
@@ -551,8 +596,8 @@ impl Encode for SocketAddr {
 	}
 }
 
-/// This implementation encodes the address's bits followed by the port number, all of which in big-endian.
 impl Encode for SocketAddrV4 {
+	/// Encodes the address's bits followed by the port number, both of which in big-endian.
 	#[inline(always)]
 	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
 		self.ip().encode(stream)?;
@@ -562,8 +607,8 @@ impl Encode for SocketAddrV4 {
 	}
 }
 
-/// This implementation encodes the address's bits followed by the port number, all of which in big-endian.
 impl Encode for SocketAddrV6 {
+	/// Encodes the address's bits followed by the port number, flow information, and scope identifier -- all of which in big-endian.
 	#[inline(always)]
 	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
 		self.ip().encode(stream)?;
@@ -576,6 +621,7 @@ impl Encode for SocketAddrV6 {
 }
 
 impl Encode for str {
+	/// Encodes the string identically to [a byte slice](slice) containing the string's byte values.
 	#[inline(always)]
 	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
 		// Optimised encode. Don't just rely on `[char]`.
@@ -590,12 +636,47 @@ impl Encode for str {
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 #[cfg_attr(doc, doc(cfg(feature = "alloc")))]
 impl Encode for String {
+	/// See [`str`].
 	#[inline(always)]
 	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
 		self.as_str().encode(stream)
 	}
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+#[cfg_attr(doc, doc(cfg(feature = "std")))]
+impl Encode for SystemTime {
+	/// Encodes the time point as the nearest, signed UNIX timestamp.
+	///
+	/// Examples of some timestamps and their encodings include:
+	///
+	/// | ISO 8601                    | UNIX / bZipper |
+	/// | :-------------------------- | -------------: |
+	/// | `2024-11-03T12:02:01+01:00` |    +1730631721 |
+	/// | `1989-06-03T20:00:00+09:00` |      +13258800 |
+	/// | `1970-01-01T00:00:00Z`      |             +0 |
+	/// | `1945-05-04T18:30:00+02:00` |     -778231800 |
+	#[expect(clippy::cast_possible_wrap)]
+	#[inline]
+	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
+		let time = if *self >= UNIX_EPOCH {
+			let duration = self
+				.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+				.expect("cannot compute duration since the epoch");
+
+				duration.as_secs() as i64
+		} else {
+			let duration = UNIX_EPOCH
+				.duration_since(*self)
+				.expect("cannot compute duration until the epoch");
+
+			0x0 - duration.as_secs() as i64
+		};
+
+		time.encode(stream)
+	}
+}
+
 impl Encode for () {
 	#[inline(always)]
 	fn encode(&self, _stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
@@ -603,9 +684,11 @@ impl Encode for () {
 	}
 }
 
-/// This implementation casts `self` to `u16` before encoding.
-/// If this conversion isn't possible for the given value, then the [`IsizeOutOfRange`](EncodeError::IsizeOutOfRange) error is returned.
 impl Encode for usize {
+	/// Casts `self` to [`u16`] and encodes.
+	///
+	/// If this conversion isn't possible for the given value, then the [`IsizeOutOfRange`](EncodeError::UsizeOutOfRange) error is returned.
+	#[inline]
 	fn encode(&self, stream: &mut OStream) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
 		let value = u16::try_from(*self)
 			.map_err(|_| EncodeError::UsizeOutOfRange(*self))?;
@@ -680,11 +763,12 @@ macro_rules! impl_atomic {
 		ty: $ty:ty,
 		atomic_ty: $atomic_ty:ty$(,)?
 	} => {
-		/// This implementation uses the same format as the atomic's primitive counterpart.
-		/// The atomic object itself is read with the [`Relaxed`](core::sync::atomic::Ordering) ordering scheme.
 		#[cfg(target_has_atomic = $width)]
 		#[cfg_attr(doc, doc(cfg(target_has_atomic = $width)))]
 		impl ::bzipper::Encode for $atomic_ty {
+			/// Encodes the atomic with the same scheme as that of the atomic type's primitive counterpart.
+			///
+			/// The atomic object itself is read with the [`Relaxed`](core::sync::atomic::Ordering) ordering scheme.
 			#[inline(always)]
 			fn encode(&self, stream: &mut ::bzipper::OStream) -> ::core::result::Result<(), ::bzipper::error::EncodeError> {
 				self.load(::std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed).encode(stream)

bzipper/src/encode/test.rs

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 // er General Public License along with bzipper. If
 // not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+use core::time::Duration;
+use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+
 use alloc::vec;
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use bzipper::{Encode, OStream, SizedEncode, SizedStr};
@@ -96,5 +99,11 @@ fn test_encode() {
 		0x00, 0x4C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	]);
 
-	test!(Vec<u8>: Vec::from([0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC]) => [0x00, 0x03, 0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC]);
+	test!(Vec<u16>: From::from([0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000]) => [0x00, 0x03, 0x80, 0x00, 0x80, 0x00, 0x80, 0x00]);
+
+	test!(SystemTime: UNIX_EPOCH => [0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00]);
+
+	test!(SystemTime: UNIX_EPOCH - Duration::from_secs(0x1) => [0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF]);
+
+	test!(SystemTime: UNIX_EPOCH + Duration::from_secs(0x1) => [0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01]);
 }

bzipper/src/error/decode_error/mod.rs

@@ -56,9 +56,27 @@ pub enum DecodeError {
 	/// An invalid enumeration descriminant was provided.
 	InvalidDiscriminant(isize),
 
+	/// The [`SystemTime`](std::time::SystemTime) type could not represent a UNIX timestamp.
+	///
+	/// This error should not occur on systems that represent timestamps with at least a signed 64-bits seconds counter.
+	#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+	#[cfg_attr(doc, doc(cfg(feature = "std")))]
+	NarrowSystemTime {
+		/// The unrepresentable timestamp.
+		timestamp: i64,
+	},
+
 	/// A non-zero integer had the value `0`.
 	NullInteger,
 
+	/// A C-like string encountered a null value within bounds.
+	#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+	#[cfg_attr(doc, doc(cfg(feature = "alloc")))]
+	NullCString {
+		/// The index of the null value.
+		index: usize,
+	},
+
 	/// An array could not hold the requested amount of elements.
 	SmallBuffer(SizeError),
 }
@@ -77,16 +95,24 @@ impl Display for DecodeError {
 			=> write!(f, "{source}"),
 
 			InvalidBoolean(value)
-			=> write!(f, "expected boolean but got {value:#02X}"),
+			=> write!(f, "expected boolean but got `{value:#02X}`"),
 
 			InvalidCodePoint(value)
 			=> write!(f, "code point U+{value:04X} is not defined"),
 
 			InvalidDiscriminant(value)
-			=> write!(f, "discriminant ({value}) is not valid for the given enumeration"),
+			=> write!(f, "discriminant `{value}` is not valid for the given enumeration"),
+
+			#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+			NarrowSystemTime { timestamp }
+			=> write!(f, "could not represent `{timestamp}` as a system timestamp"),
 
 			NullInteger
-			=> write!(f, "expected non-zero integer but got (0)"),
+			=> write!(f, "expected non-zero integer but got `0`"),
+
+			#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+			NullCString { index }
+			=> write!(f, "expected c string but found null value at '{index}`"),
 
 			SmallBuffer(ref source)
 			=> write!(f, "buffer too small: {source}"),

bzipper/src/lib.rs

@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 //!
 //! | Benchmark                          | [Bincode] | [Borsh] | bZipper | [Ciborium] | [Postcard] |
 //! | :--------------------------------- | --------: | ------: | ------: | ---------: | ---------: |
-//! | `encode_u8`                        |     1.262 |   1.271 |   1.153 |      2.854 |      1.270 |
+//! | `encode_u8`                        |     1.234 |   1.096 |   0.881 |      3.076 |      1.223 |
-//! | `encode_struct_unit`               |     0.000 |   0.000 |   0.000 |      0.447 |      0.000 |
+//! | `encode_struct_unit`               |     0.000 |   0.000 |   0.000 |      0.516 |      0.000 |
-//! | `encode_struct_unnamed`            |     1.270 |   1.102 |   0.998 |      1.948 |      1.182 |
+//! | `encode_struct_unnamed`            |     1.367 |   1.154 |   1.009 |      2.051 |      1.191 |
-//! | `encode_struct_named`              |     4.205 |   1.186 |   1.136 |     10.395 |      1.168 |
+//! | `encode_struct_named`              |     4.101 |   1.271 |   1.181 |      9.342 |      1.182 |
-//! | `encode_enum_unit`                 |     0.328 |   0.008 |   0.000 |      2.293 |      0.004 |
+//! | `encode_enum_unit`                 |     0.306 |   0.008 |   0.000 |      2.304 |      0.004 |
-//! | **Total time** →             |     7.065 |   3.567 |   3.286 |     17.937 |      3.625 |
+//! | **Total time** →             |     7.009 |   3.528 |   3.071 |     17.289 |      3.599 |
-//! | **Total deviation (p.c.)** → |      +115 |      +9 |      ±0 |       +446 |        +10 |
+//! | **Total deviation (p.c.)** → |      +128 |     +15 |      ±0 |       +463 |        +17 |
 //!
 //! [Bincode]: https://crates.io/crates/bincode/
 //! [Borsh]: https://crates.io/crates/borsh/
@@ -430,8 +430,8 @@ use_mod!(pub i_stream);
 use_mod!(pub o_stream);
 use_mod!(pub sized_encode);
 use_mod!(pub sized_iter);
-use_mod!(pub sized_str);
 use_mod!(pub sized_slice);
+use_mod!(pub sized_str);
 
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 use_mod!(pub buf);

bzipper/src/sized_encode/mod.rs

@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ use core::ops::{
 	RangeTo,
 	RangeToInclusive,
 };
-use std::borrow::ToOwned;
+use core::time::Duration;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
-use alloc::borrow::Cow;
+use alloc::borrow::{Cow, ToOwned};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 use alloc::boxed::Box;
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ use alloc::sync::Arc;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 use std::sync::{LazyLock, Mutex, RwLock};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+use std::time::SystemTime;
+
 /// Denotes a size-constrained, encodable type.
 ///
 /// When using [`Encode`], the size of the resulting encoding cannot always be known beforehand.
@@ -131,6 +134,12 @@ unsafe impl<T: SizedEncode + ToOwned> SizedEncode for Cow<'_, T> {
 	const MAX_ENCODED_SIZE: usize = T::MAX_ENCODED_SIZE;
 }
 
+unsafe impl SizedEncode for Duration {
+	const MAX_ENCODED_SIZE: usize =
+		u64::MAX_ENCODED_SIZE
+		+ u32::MAX_ENCODED_SIZE;
+}
+
 unsafe impl SizedEncode for Infallible {
 	const MAX_ENCODED_SIZE: usize = 0x0;
 }
@@ -244,6 +253,12 @@ unsafe impl SizedEncode for SocketAddrV6 {
 		+ u32::MAX_ENCODED_SIZE;
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+#[cfg_attr(doc, doc(cfg(feature = "std")))]
+unsafe impl SizedEncode for SystemTime {
+	const MAX_ENCODED_SIZE: usize = i64::MAX_ENCODED_SIZE;
+}
+
 unsafe impl SizedEncode for () {
 	const MAX_ENCODED_SIZE: usize = 0x0;
 }

bzipper/src/sized_iter/mod.rs

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ mod test;
 
 use core::iter::{DoubleEndedIterator, ExactSizeIterator, FusedIterator};
 use core::mem::MaybeUninit;
+use core::ptr::drop_in_place;
 use core::slice;
 
 /// Iterator to a sized slice.
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ impl<T, const N: usize> AsRef<[T]> for SizedIter<T, N> {
 }
 
 impl<T: Clone, const N: usize> Clone for SizedIter<T, N> {
+	#[expect(clippy::borrow_deref_ref)] // Clippy is gaslighting me into believing pointers and references are identical???
 	#[inline]
 	fn clone(&self) -> Self {
 		let mut buf: [MaybeUninit<T>; N] = unsafe { MaybeUninit::uninit().assume_init() };
@@ -95,14 +97,12 @@ impl<T: Clone, const N: usize> Clone for SizedIter<T, N> {
 		let stop  = start + len;
 
 		for i in start..stop {
-			unsafe { 
+			unsafe {
 				let item = (&raw const *self.buf.get_unchecked(i)).cast();
 
 				let value = Clone::clone(&*item);
 
-				buf
+				buf.get_unchecked_mut(i).write(value);
-					.get_unchecked_mut(i)
-					.write(value);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -117,11 +117,7 @@ impl<T, const N: usize> DoubleEndedIterator for SizedIter<T, N> {
 
 		let index = self.pos + self.len - 0x1;
 
-		let item = unsafe {
+		let item = unsafe { self.buf.get_unchecked(index).assume_init_read() };
-			self.buf
-				.get_unchecked(index)
-				.assume_init_read()
-		};
 
 		self.len -= 0x1;
 
@@ -142,11 +138,7 @@ impl<T, const N: usize> Iterator for SizedIter<T, N> {
 
 		let index = self.pos;
 
-		let item = unsafe {
+		let item = unsafe { self.buf.get_unchecked(index).assume_init_read() };
-			self.buf
-				.get_unchecked(index)
-				.assume_init_read()
-		};
 
 		self.len -= 0x1;
 		self.pos += 0x1;
@@ -154,6 +146,31 @@ impl<T, const N: usize> Iterator for SizedIter<T, N> {
 		Some(item)
 	}
 
+	#[inline]
+	fn nth(&mut self, index: usize) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+		if index > self.len { return None };
+
+		let start = self.pos;
+		let stop  = start + index - 0x1;
+
+		// Drop each skipped element.
+		for i in start..stop {
+			unsafe {
+				let item = &raw mut *self.buf.get_unchecked_mut(i);
+
+				drop_in_place(item);
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Read the final element.
+		let item = unsafe { self.buf.get_unchecked(index).assume_init_read() };
+
+		self.len -= index;
+		self.pos += index;
+
+		Some(item)
+	}
+
 	#[inline(always)]
 	fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
 		let rem = unsafe { self.len.unchecked_sub(self.pos) };

bzipper/src/sized_iter/test.rs

@@ -19,7 +19,31 @@
 // er General Public License along with bZipper. If
 // not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-use bzipper::SizedSlice;
+use bzipper::{SizedSlice, SizedStr};
+
+#[test]
+fn test_sized_iter_clone() {
+	let data = SizedStr::<0x9>::new("fran\u{00E7}ais").unwrap();
+
+	let mut data0 = data.into_bytes().into_iter();
+
+	let _ = data0.nth(0x4);
+
+	let mut data1 = data0.clone();
+
+	assert_eq!(data0.next(), Some(0xC3));
+	assert_eq!(data1.next(), Some(0xC3));
+	assert_eq!(data0.next(), Some(0xA7));
+	assert_eq!(data1.next(), Some(0xA7));
+	assert_eq!(data0.next(), Some(b'a'));
+	assert_eq!(data1.next(), Some(b'a'));
+	assert_eq!(data0.next(), Some(b'i'));
+	assert_eq!(data1.next(), Some(b'i'));
+	assert_eq!(data0.next(), Some(b's'));
+	assert_eq!(data1.next(), Some(b's'));
+	assert_eq!(data0.next(), None);
+	assert_eq!(data1.next(), None);
+}
 
 #[test]
 fn test_sized_iter_double_ended() {

bzipper/src/sized_str/mod.rs

@@ -138,8 +138,9 @@ impl<const N: usize> SizedStr<N> {
 
 			Err(e) => {
 				let i = e.valid_up_to();
+				let c = data[i];
 
-				return Err(StringError::BadUtf8(Utf8Error { value: data[i], index: i }));
+				return Err(StringError::BadUtf8(Utf8Error { value: c, index: i }));
 			}
 		};
 
@@ -310,15 +311,22 @@ impl<const N: usize> SizedStr<N> {
 		(buf, len)
 	}
 
+	/// Deconstructs the string into a fixed-size byte slice.
+	#[inline(always)]
+	#[must_use]
+	pub const fn into_bytes(self) -> SizedSlice<u8, N> {
+		let Self(v) = self;
+		v
+	}
+
 	/// Converts the fixed-size string into a boxed string slice.
 	#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 	#[cfg_attr(doc, doc(cfg(feature = "alloc")))]
 	#[inline(always)]
 	#[must_use]
 	pub fn into_boxed_str(self) -> Box<str> {
-		let Self(vec) = self;
+		let Self(v) = self;
-
+		unsafe { alloc::str::from_boxed_utf8_unchecked(v.into_boxed_slice()) }
-		unsafe { alloc::str::from_boxed_utf8_unchecked(vec.into_boxed_slice()) }
 	}
 
 	/// Converts the fixed-size string into a dynamic string.

bzipper_benchmarks/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name        = "bzipper_benchmarks"
-version     = "0.10.1"
+version     = "0.11.0"
 edition     = "2021"
 description = "bZipper benchmarks."
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ homepage.workspace    = true
 repository.workspace  = true
 
 [dependencies]
-bzipper = { path = "../bzipper", version = "0.10.1" }
+bzipper = { path = "../bzipper", version = "0.11.0" }
 
 bincode  = "1.3.3"
 ciborium = "0.2.2"

bzipper_macros/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name          = "bzipper_macros"
-version       = "0.10.1"
+version       = "0.11.0"
 edition       = "2021"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/bzipper_macros/"
 

bzipper_macros/src/lib.rs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #![doc(html_logo_url = "https://gitlab.com/bjoernager/bzipper/-/raw/master/doc-icon.svg")]
 
-//! This crate implements procedural macros for [`bzipper`](https://crates.io/crates/bzipper/).
+//! This crate implements procedural macros for [`bZipper`](https://crates.io/crates/bzipper/).
 
 use proc_macro::TokenStream;
 use quote::quote;