ffi-bitfield

Bit field for Ruby-FFI

Installation

gem install ffi-bitfield

Usage

Classes

• class BitStruct < FFI::Struct
• class ManagedBitStruct < FFI::ManagedStruct

Loading

require 'ffi/bit_struct'
require 'ffi/managed_bit_struct'

Define your struct

class Struct1 < FFI::BitStruct
  layout \
    :a, :uint8,
    :b, :uint8

  bit_fields :a,
    :u, 2,
    :v, 2,
    :w, 1,
    :x, 1,
    :y, 1,
    :z, 1
end

Reading

s = Struct1.new

s[:a] = 63
p s[:u] # 3
p s[:v] # 3
p s[:w] # 1
p s[:x] # 1
p s[:y] # 0
p s[:z] # 0

Writing

s = Struct1.new

s[:u] = 0
s[:v] = 0
s[:w] = 0
s[:x] = 0
s[:y] = 1
p s[:a] # 64

Loading

require 'ffi/bit_field'

The above is the same as below.

require 'ffi/bit_struct'
require 'ffi/managed_bit_struct'

Development

git clone https://github.com/kojix2/ffi-bitfield
cd ffi-bitfield
bundle install
bundle exec rake test

• ffi-bitfield - read/write bit fields with Ruby-FFI

Contributing

Your feedback is important.

ffi-bitfield is a library under development, so even small improvements like typofix are welcome! Please feel free to send us your pull requests. Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/kojix2/ffi-bitfield.

Do you need commit rights to my repository?
Do you want to get admin rights and take over the project?
If so, please feel free to contact me @kojix2.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.