https://github.com/biojulia/bufferio.jl

The buffer is the interface
https://github.com/biojulia/bufferio.jl

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The buffer is the interface

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/biojulia/bufferio.jl
• Owner: BioJulia
• License: mit
• Created: 2025-08-18T06:35:40.000Z (10 months ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-10-15T09:31:53.000Z (8 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-10-17T12:55:30.075Z (8 months ago)
• Language: Julia
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• Stars: 17
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# BufferIO.jl

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BufferIO is an alternative IO interface in Julia inspired by Rust, designed around exposing buffers to users for them to explicitly copying to and from.

Compared to `Base.IO`, the interfaces in this package are generally:

* Lower level

* Faster

* Easier to reason about

* Better specified, with more well-defined semantics

* Free from slow fallback methods that trash your performance

This package also provides a basic set of types which allows easy interoperation between `Base.IO` types the new buffered interface.

## Comparison with other packages

#### BufferedStreams.jl

BufferedStreams.jl speeds up the existing `Base.IO` interface for unbuffered types by providing and internal buffer.

However, the package does not provide an interface for reading/writing from the buffer directly,

BufferedStreams also provide concrete types, but no abstract interface.

Finally, it does not attempt to improve on the interface of `Base.IO`.

#### TranscodingStreams.jl

TranscodingStreams.jl provides buffering, but does so through a specific `Buffer` type instead of through an interface.

It is also centered around *transcoding* and not IO in general. Its interface is both more complex and less documented than this package. Finally, it exposes the `Base.IO` interface instead of an alternative interface.

## Questions?

If you have a question about contributing or using BioJulia software, come on over and chat to us on [the Julia Slack workspace](https://julialang.org/slack/), or you can try the [Bio category of the Julia discourse site](https://discourse.julialang.org/c/domain/bio).