#[derive(Debug)] pub(super) enum BinaryParserErrTypes { XValue, ZValue, UValue, OtherValue(char), TooLong, } // We build a quick and not so dirty bit string parser. fn base2_str_to_byte(word: &[u8]) -> Result { let mut val = 0u8; // shouldn't have more than 8 chars in str let len = word.len(); if len > 8 { return Err(BinaryParserErrTypes::TooLong); } let bit_lut = [ 0b0000_0001u8, 0b0000_0010u8, 0b0000_0100u8, 0b0000_1000u8, 0b0001_0000u8, 0b0010_0000u8, 0b0100_0000u8, 0b1000_0000u8, ]; for (idx, chr) in word.iter().rev().enumerate() { match chr { b'1' => val = bit_lut[idx] | val, b'0' => {} b'x' | b'X' => return Err(BinaryParserErrTypes::XValue), b'z' | b'Z' => return Err(BinaryParserErrTypes::ZValue), b'u' | b'U' => return Err(BinaryParserErrTypes::UValue), _ => return Err(BinaryParserErrTypes::OtherValue(*chr as char)), } } Ok(val) } pub(super) fn binary_str_to_vec_u8(binary_str: &str) -> Result, BinaryParserErrTypes> { let mut vec_u8: Vec = Vec::new(); let binary_str_as_bytes = binary_str.as_bytes(); let mut tail_idx = binary_str_as_bytes.len(); // clamp head if provided binary str is less than 8 long let mut head_idx = if tail_idx >= 8 { binary_str_as_bytes.len() - 8 } else { 0 }; while tail_idx > 0 { let curr_b_val = &binary_str_as_bytes[head_idx..tail_idx]; let val_u8 = base2_str_to_byte(curr_b_val)?; vec_u8.push(val_u8); if head_idx < 8 { head_idx = 0 } else { head_idx = head_idx - 8; } if tail_idx < 8 { tail_idx = 0 } else { tail_idx = tail_idx - 8; } } Ok(vec_u8) }