Add a Byte datatype

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/stdlib/bytes.h b/stdlib/bytes.h
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+#pragma once
+
+// An unsigned byte datatype
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "types.h"
+#include "util.h"
+
+#define Byte_t uint8_t
+#define Byte(b) ((Byte_t)(b))
+
+PUREFUNC Text_t Byte$as_text(const Byte_t *b, bool colorize, const TypeInfo *type);
+Byte_t Byte$random(Byte_t min, Byte_t max);
+
+extern const Byte_t Byte$min;
+extern const Byte_t Byte$max;
+
+extern const TypeInfo Byte$info;
+
+typedef struct {
+    Byte_t value;
+    bool is_null:1;
+} OptionalByte_t;
+
+#define NULL_BYTE ((OptionalByte_t){.is_null=true})
+
+// vim: ts=4 sw=0 et cino=L2,l1,(0,W4,m1,\:0