Version bump; documented new pointer format

README.md

@@ -601,7 +601,11 @@ In the following definitions, `type` means the binary type format.
 	- If `valueIsNonNull`:
 		- `value` - value serialized by `typeIfNonNull`
 - `PointerType`:
-	- `index` of value in buffer (note: if buffer contains both a type and a value, this index is relative to the start of the value data) - 32-bit unsigned integer
+	- `offset` - `flexInt`:
+		- If this is the first instance of these value bytes in the write buffer, then `0`
+		- Otherwise, ([position of first byte of `offset`] - [position of first byte of `offset` in the last instance of these value bytes])
+	- If `offset` is `0` (i.e. this is the first instance):
+		- Value serialized by `targetType`
 
 ## Versioning
 Versions will be of the form `x.y.z`. They are in the `semver` format:

config.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as base64 from 'base64-js'
 
-const VERSION = 11
+const VERSION = 12
 const VERSION_BYTES = 2
 const VERSION_BUFFER = new ArrayBuffer(VERSION_BYTES)
 new DataView(VERSION_BUFFER).setUint16(0, VERSION)

dist/config.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
 const base64 = require("base64-js");
-const VERSION = 11;
+const VERSION = 12;
 const VERSION_BYTES = 2;
 const VERSION_BUFFER = new ArrayBuffer(VERSION_BYTES);
 new DataView(VERSION_BUFFER).setUint16(0, VERSION);

docs/index.html

@@ -721,7 +721,15 @@ <h3 id="value">Value</h3>
 						</ul>
 					</li>
 					<li><code>PointerType</code>:<ul>
-							<li><code>index</code> of value in buffer (note: if buffer contains both a type and a value, this index is relative to the start of the value data) - 32-bit unsigned integer</li>
+							<li><code>offset</code> - <code>flexInt</code>:<ul>
+									<li>If this is the first instance of these value bytes in the write buffer, then <code>0</code></li>
+									<li>Otherwise, ([position of first byte of <code>offset</code>] - [position of first byte of <code>offset</code> in the last instance of these value bytes])</li>
+								</ul>
+							</li>
+							<li>If <code>offset</code> is <code>0</code> (i.e. this is the first instance):<ul>
+									<li>Value serialized by <code>targetType</code></li>
+								</ul>
+							</li>
 						</ul>
 					</li>
 				</ul>

docs/modules/_config_.html

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ <h2>Variables</h2>
 				<section class="tsd-panel tsd-member tsd-kind-variable tsd-parent-kind-external-module tsd-is-not-exported">
 					<a name="version" class="tsd-anchor"></a>
 					<h3>VERSION</h3>
-					<div class="tsd-signature tsd-kind-icon">VERSION<span class="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <span class="tsd-signature-type">11</span><span class="tsd-signature-symbol"> =&nbsp;11</span></div>
+					<div class="tsd-signature tsd-kind-icon">VERSION<span class="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <span class="tsd-signature-type">12</span><span class="tsd-signature-symbol"> =&nbsp;12</span></div>
 					<aside class="tsd-sources">
 						<ul>
 							<li>Defined in config.ts:3</li>

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "structure-bytes",
-	"version": "15.0.2",
+	"version": "16.0.0",
 	"description": "A library for more efficient data transfers by separating the structure from the values and storing each as binary data",
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"dependencies": {

test/type-bytes/signature.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import assert from '../../dist/lib/assert'
 import * as t from '../../dist'
 
 export = () => {
-	assert.equal(new t.ByteType().getSignature(), 'AAs=S/USLzRFVMU73i67jNK349FgCtYxw4Wl18ziPHeFRZo=')
+	assert.equal(new t.ByteType().getSignature(), 'AAw=S/USLzRFVMU73i67jNK349FgCtYxw4Wl18ziPHeFRZo=')
 	const type = new t.StructType({
 		bcd: new t.PointerType(
 			new t.OptionalType(
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ export = () => {
 		)
 	})
 	assert.equal(type.getHash(), 'YwJi4ZvHdopqQNW0lf2i8zQ37DEDMWmT9gFoqInimHw=')
-	assert.equal(type.getSignature(), 'AAs=YwJi4ZvHdopqQNW0lf2i8zQ37DEDMWmT9gFoqInimHw=')
+	assert.equal(type.getSignature(), 'AAw=YwJi4ZvHdopqQNW0lf2i8zQ37DEDMWmT9gFoqInimHw=')
 }