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Replace CID class with a CID interface

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Most of ipfs / libp2p stack depends on CID class which introduces large number of dependencies, it is made worth by the fact that typescript forces all of them to...

Gozala

How to access `.or` prop of decoders

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I'd like to compose a decoder, something like: ```ts import * as b32 from 'multiformats/bases/base32' import * as b36 from 'multiformats/bases/base36' import * as b58 from 'multiformats/bases/base58' import * as...

achingbrain

Skypack build failing with [email protected]

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multiformats module was previously working fine in skypack, but with the latest release (9.4.5) its build is now failing, as you can see in https://codepen.io/vascosantos/pen/qBjByRo?editors=0011  The build error can...

vasco-santos

Which of the multibase formats preserves lexicographic order?

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I've come across a situation requiring the ability to base-encode but preserve the lexicographic-order of the input bytes. That is the order of the base encoding alphabet should be in...

CMCDragonkai

Identity encoding decoding doesn't produce the same data

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I'm not sure if identity encoding is meant to be used like this, but I noticed that after decoding, you don't get the same data: ```ts import { bases }...

CMCDragonkai

Create a CID from a string or Uint8Array or CID-like object

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This module has a number of ways of converting things into `CID` instances - `CID.parse` for strings, `CID.decode` for Uint8Arrays, `CID.asCID` for things CID-shaped. `.parse` and `.decode` will throw, `.asCID`...

achingbrain

consider adding `toURL` method to embed best practices of serializing cid to URL

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There had been various discussions about the fact that in the wild we see IPFS urls to specific gateways. I think we can bake a best practice into CID implementation...

Gozala

Generated Typescript types fail to compile, are missing some generic arguments

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Hi, all. The generated .d.ts files are missing some generic arguments, making builds fail when using these type definitions. For instance, in `base.d.ts`: ``` declare class ComposedDecoder implements MultibaseDecoder, CombobaseDecoder...

andymatuschak

Illustrate multiblock encoder/decoder API

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## Problem Statement #35 removes registries which simplifies things for the **encoder** which had to communicate which encoder and hashing algorithm to use by code or a name and now...

Gozala

Proposal: CID+Block=Multiblock

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We already have multibase, multihash that all in nutshell are `metada+data`. We don not however have similar thing for blocks, so it becomes impossible to derive what **codec to use**...

Gozala