Deprecated readString() method so it is always clear if you want to read a binary encoded string or the file as string. Also added possibility to open a memory stream from any span.

source/mijin/io/stream.hpp

@@ -137,14 +137,25 @@ public:
         return writeSpan(std::span(std::forward<TItBegin>(begin), std::forward<TItEnd>(end)));
     }
 
-    StreamError readString(std::string& outString);
-    StreamError writeString(std::string_view str);
+    StreamError readBinaryString(std::string& outString);
+    StreamError writeBinaryString(std::string_view str);
+
+    [[deprecated("Use readBinaryString() or readAsString() instead.")]]
+    inline StreamError readString(std::string& outString) { return readBinaryString(outString); }
+
+    [[deprecated("Use writeBinaryString() or writeText() instead.")]]
+    inline StreamError writeString(std::string_view str) { return writeBinaryString(str); }
 
     StreamError getTotalLength(std::size_t& outLength);
     StreamError readRest(TypelessBuffer& outBuffer);
 
     template<typename TChar = char>
     StreamError readAsString(std::basic_string<TChar>& outString);
+
+    inline StreamError writeText(std::string_view str)
+    {
+        return writeSpan(str);
+    }
 };
 
 class FileStream : public Stream
@@ -181,7 +192,14 @@ private:
     bool canWrite_ = false;
 public:
     void openRW(std::span<std::uint8_t> data);
-    void openRO(std::span<const std::uint8_t> data);
+    template<typename T>
+    void openRO(std::span<T> data) {
+        openROImpl(data.data(), data.size_bytes());
+    }
+    template<typename TChar>
+    inline void openRO(std::basic_string_view<TChar> stringView) {
+        openROImpl(stringView.data(), stringView.size() * sizeof(TChar));
+    }
     void close();
     [[nodiscard]] inline bool isOpen() const { return data_.data() != nullptr; }
     [[nodiscard]] inline std::size_t availableBytes() const {
@@ -196,6 +214,8 @@ public:
     StreamError seek(std::intptr_t pos, SeekMode seekMode = SeekMode::ABSOLUTE) override;
     bool isAtEnd() override;
     StreamFeatures getFeatures() override;
+private:
+    void openROImpl(const void* data, std::size_t bytes);
 };
 
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