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Where are the binary parsers from Spirit?

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
compilers

Research direction

Start by reviewing the current parser library and the binary parsers available in Spirit V2. Compare the needed support for binary encodings, byte order, and formats such as PNG with what the project currently provides; done should be defined by the maintainers because the issue does not name files, tests, or a specific implementation scope.

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Description

Spirit V2 had parsers for binary values. When parsing binary file formats, e.g. PNG image file format, numeric values are present as binary encodings using a particular byte order. IMO, this was one of the things that set Spirit apart from other parsing frameworks.

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