Crate rlp

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Recursive Length Prefix serialization crate.

Allows encoding, decoding, and view onto rlp-slice

What should you use when?

Use `encode` function when:

You want to encode something inline.
You do not work on big set of data.
You want to encode whole data structure at once.

Use `decode` function when:

You want to decode something inline.
You do not work on big set of data.
You want to decode whole rlp at once.

Use `RlpStream` when:

You want to encode something in portions.
You encode a big set of data.

Use `Rlp` when:

You need to handle data corruption errors.
You are working on input data.
You want to get view onto rlp-slice.
You don’t want to decode whole rlp at once.

Structs

Stores basic information about item

Data-oriented view onto rlp-slice.

Iterator over rlp-slice list elements.

Appendable rlp encoder.

Enums

Error concerning the RLP decoder.

RLP prototype

Constants

The RLP encoded empty list.

The RLP encoded empty data (used to mean “null value”).

Traits

RLP decodable trait

Structure encodable to RLP

Functions

Shortcut function to decode trusted rlp

Shortcut function to encode structure into rlp.