1.1.0

This release of byteorder features a number of fixes and improvements, mostly as a result of the Litz Blitz evaluation.

Feature enhancements:

  • FEATURE #63: Add methods for reading/writing slices of numbers for a specific endianness.
  • FEATURE #65: Add support for u128/i128 types. (Behind the nightly only i128 feature.)
  • FEATURE #72: Add “panics” and “errors” sections for each relevant public API item.
  • FEATURE #74: Add CI badges to Cargo.toml.
  • FEATURE #75: Add more examples to public API items.
  • Add 24-bit read/write methods.
  • Add BE and LE type aliases for BigEndian and LittleEndian, respectively.

Bug fixes:

  • BUG #68: Panic in {BigEndian,LittleEndian}::default.
  • BUG #69: Seal the ByteOrder trait to prevent out-of-crate implementations.
  • BUG #71: Guarantee that the results of read_f32/read_f64 are always defined.
  • BUG #73: Add crates.io categories.
  • BUG #77: Add html_root doc attribute.