v8.0.0

Huge thanks to @ehmicky for doing all the work for this release 🙌

Breaking

• Remove the encoding option. (#69, #67)
  • This package handles binary, UTF-8 and object streams.
  • For other encodings like UTF-16, hexacimal and base64, please see the following tip. (#84)
  • Methods like buffer.toString('hex') or buffer.toString('base64') can also be used.

Improvements

• Support any JavaScript environment, including browsers. (#85)
• Support web streams (ReadableStream). (#82, #78, #79, #80)
• Support async iterables. (#69, #93)
• Add getStreamAsArray() method to pass streams in object mode. (#86)
• Add getStreamAsArrayBuffer() method to return the stream as an ArrayBuffer. (#81)
• When the stream is larger than the maximum size for a string, buffer or ArrayBuffer, set error.bufferedData with the partially read data instead of leaving it empty. (#68, #48)

Fixes

• Do not crash on big streams (with one/many GBs). (#66)
• Ensure maxBuffer stops infinite streams. (#62)
• Stop consuming the streaming when hitting maxBuffer. (#42, #69).
• Set error.bufferedData when the stream errors for other reasons than maxBuffer. (#56, #63)
• Ensure error.bufferedData is smaller than maxBuffer. (#89)

TypeScript types

• The stream argument must be a Readable, ReadableStream or AsyncIterable. (#71)

Documentation

• Add tips on alternatives, Blob and JSON streaming. (#58, #95, #96, #97)

Performance

• Do not block the event loop when the stream ends. (#92)

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