TBD

Stuff reclaimed from old BlobAPI

String procedures

(bytevector-<encoding>-ref bytevector [ [ start ] end ] )

Returns a newly allocated Scheme string corresponding to the binary value encoded according to encoding beginning at offset n in bytevector and continuing for l bytes.

(bytevector-<encoding>-set! bytevector n v)

Converts v to a binary string encoded according to encoding and places it into bytevector beginning at offset n. Returns the number of bytes encoded.

String encodings

utf8

UTF-8 encoding

utf16

UTF-16 encoding (respects BOM if present, defaults to native encoding otherwise)

utf16be

UTF-16BE encoding (treats BOM as a normal character)

utf16le

UTF-16LE encoding (treats BOM as a normal character)