impl ReadSized for BitStream

src/read.rs

@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ impl<E: Endianness> BitRead<E> for String {
     }
 }
 
-/// Trait for types that can be read from a stream wit requiring the size to be configured
+/// Trait for types that can be read from a stream, requiring the size to be configured
+///
+/// The meaning of the set sized depends on the type being read (e.g, number of bits for integers,
+/// number of bytes for strings, number of items for Vec's, etc)
 pub trait BitReadSized<E: Endianness>: Sized {
     /// Read the type from stream
     fn read(stream: &mut BitStream<E>, size: usize) -> Result<Self>;
@@ -130,6 +133,13 @@ impl<E: Endianness, T: BitRead<E>> BitRead<E> for Option<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<E: Endianness> BitReadSized<E> for BitStream<E> {
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn read(stream: &mut BitStream<E>, size: usize) -> Result<Self> {
+        stream.read_bits(size)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Read `T` `size` times and return as `Vec<T>`
 impl<E: Endianness, T: BitRead<E>> BitReadSized<E> for Vec<T> {
     fn read(stream: &mut BitStream<E>, size: usize) -> Result<Self> {

src/stream.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use num_traits::{Float, PrimInt};
 use crate::endianness::Endianness;
 use crate::is_signed::IsSigned;
 use crate::BitBuffer;
-use crate::{BitRead, ReadError, BitReadSized, Result};
+use crate::{BitRead, BitReadSized, ReadError, Result};
 
 /// Stream that provides an easy way to iterate trough a [`BitBuffer`]
 ///

tests/tests.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use bitstream_reader::{BigEndian, BitBuffer, BitStream, LittleEndian, BitRead};
+use bitstream_reader::{BigEndian, BitBuffer, BitRead, BitStream, LittleEndian};
 
 // for bench on nightly
 //use std::fs;