read_safe_bin: Safe wrapper around readBin that verifies the number of...

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Safe wrapper around readBin that verifies the number of elements read.

Description

Calls readBin and then checks that the returned vector has the expected length. If the file ends prematurely, readBin silently returns fewer elements — this wrapper turns that into an explicit error.

Usage

read_safe_bin(con, what, n, size, endian, ...)

Arguments

con	a connection object.
what	character string or type, passed to readBin.
n	integer, the number of elements to read.
size	integer, the number of bytes per element.
endian	character string, "big" or "little".
...	additional arguments passed to readBin.

Value

the vector of data read from the connection.

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