Go bitstring library

Package bitstring implements a fixed length bit string type and bit manipulation functions.

• Get/Set/Clear/Flip a single bit: Bit|SetBit|ClearBit|FlipBit
• Set/Clear/Flip a range of bits: SetRange|ClearRange|FlipRange
• Compare 2 bit strings: Equals or EqualsRange
• 8/16/32/64/N signed/unsigned to/from conversions:
  • Uint8|Uint16|Uint32|Uint64|Uintn
  • SetUint8|SetUint16|SetUint32|SetUint64|SetUintn
• Count ones/zeroes: ZeroesCount|OnesCount
• Gray code conversion methods: Gray8|Gray16|Gray32|Gray64|Grayn
• Convert to/from big.Int: BigInt | NewFromBig
• Copy/Clone methods: Copy|Clone|CopyRange
• Trailing/LeadingZeroes : TrailingZeroes|LeadingZeroes

By default, bit offsets arguments to bitstring methods are not checked. This allows not to pay the performance penalty of always checking offsets, in environments where they are constants or always known beforehand.

You can enable runtime checks by passing the bitstring_debug build tag to go when building the bitstring package.

TODO:

• RotateLeft/Right ShiftLeft/Right
• Trailing/Leading ones
• Or, And, Xor between bitstrings
• Reverse
• Run CI on big|little endian and 32|64 bits (for now only amd64) (see https://github.com/docker/setup-qemu-action)