ligo/src/lib_data_encoding/data_encoding.ml

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type json =
  [ `O of (string * json) list
  | `Bool of bool
  | `Float of float
  | `A of json list
  | `Null
  | `String of string ]
type bson = Json_repr_bson.bson

type json_schema = Json_schema.schema

exception No_case_matched
exception Unexpected_tag of int
exception Duplicated_tag of int
exception Invalid_tag of int * [ `Uint8 | `Uint16 ]
exception Unexpected_enum of string * string list
exception Invalid_size of int
exception Int_out_of_range of int * int * int
exception Float_out_of_range of float * float * float

let apply ?(error=No_case_matched) fs v =
  let rec loop = function
    | [] -> raise error
    | f :: fs ->
        match f v with
        | Some l -> l
        | None -> loop fs in
  loop fs

let apply_map ?(error=No_case_matched) f fs v =
  let rec loop = function
    | [] -> raise error
    | x :: fs ->
        match (f x) v with
        | Some l -> l
        | None -> loop fs in
  loop fs

module Size = struct
  let bool = 1
  let int8 = 1
  let uint8 = 1
  let char = 1
  let int16 = 2
  let uint16 = 2
  let uint30 = 4
  let uint32 = 4
  let uint64 = 8
  let int31 = 4
  let int32 = 4
  let int64 = 8
  let float = 8
end

type tag_size = [ `Uint8 | `Uint16 ]

let tag_size = function
  | `Uint8 -> Size.uint8
  | `Uint16 -> Size.uint16

module Kind = struct

  type t =
    [ `Fixed of int
    | `Dynamic
    | `Variable ]

  type length =
    [ `Fixed of int
    | `Variable ]

  type enum =
    [ `Dynamic
    | `Variable ]

  let combine name : t -> t -> t = fun k1 k2 ->
    match k1, k2 with
    | `Fixed n1, `Fixed n2 -> `Fixed (n1 + n2)
    | `Dynamic, `Dynamic | `Fixed _, `Dynamic
    | `Dynamic, `Fixed _ -> `Dynamic
    | `Variable, `Fixed _
    | (`Dynamic | `Fixed _), `Variable -> `Variable
    | `Variable, `Dynamic ->
        Printf.ksprintf invalid_arg
          "Cannot merge two %s when the left element is of variable length \
           and the right one of dynamic length. \
           You should use the reverse order, or wrap the second one \
           with Data_encoding.dynamic_size."
          name
    | `Variable, `Variable ->
        Printf.ksprintf invalid_arg
          "Cannot merge two %s with variable length. \
           You should wrap one of them with Data_encoding.dynamic_size."
          name

  let merge : t -> t -> t = fun k1 k2 ->
    match k1, k2 with
    | `Fixed n1, `Fixed n2 when n1 = n2 -> `Fixed n1
    | `Fixed _, `Fixed _ -> `Dynamic
    | `Dynamic, `Dynamic | `Fixed _, `Dynamic
    | `Dynamic, `Fixed _ -> `Dynamic
    | `Variable, (`Dynamic | `Fixed _)
    | (`Dynamic | `Fixed _), `Variable
    | `Variable, `Variable -> `Variable

  let merge_list sz : t list -> t = function
    | [] -> assert false (* should be rejected by Data_encoding.union *)
    | k :: ks ->
        match List.fold_left merge k ks with
        | `Fixed n -> `Fixed (n + tag_size sz)
        | k -> k

end

type case_tag = Tag of int | Json_only

type 'a desc =
  | Null : unit desc
  | Empty : unit desc
  | Ignore : unit desc
  | Constant : string -> unit desc
  | Bool : bool desc
  | Int8 : int desc
  | Uint8 : int desc
  | Int16 : int desc
  | Uint16 : int desc
  | Int31 : int desc
  | Int32 : Int32.t desc
  | Int64 : Int64.t desc
  | RangedInt : { minimum : int ; maximum : int } -> int desc
  | RangedFloat : { minimum : float ; maximum : float } -> float desc
  | Float : float desc
  | Bytes : Kind.length -> MBytes.t desc
  | String : Kind.length -> string desc
  | String_enum : ('a, string * int) Hashtbl.t * 'a array -> 'a desc
  | Array : 'a t -> 'a array desc
  | List : 'a t -> 'a list desc
  | Obj : 'a field -> 'a desc
  | Objs : Kind.t * 'a t * 'b t -> ('a * 'b) desc
  | Tup : 'a t -> 'a desc
  | Tups : Kind.t * 'a t * 'b t -> ('a * 'b) desc
  | Union : Kind.t * tag_size * 'a case list -> 'a desc
  | Mu : Kind.enum * string * ('a t -> 'a t) -> 'a desc
  | Conv :
      { proj : ('a -> 'b) ;
        inj : ('b -> 'a) ;
        encoding : 'b t ;
        schema : Json_schema.schema option } -> 'a desc
  | Describe :
      { title : string option ;
        description : string option ;
        encoding : 'a t } -> 'a desc
  | Def : { name : string ;
            encoding : 'a t } -> 'a desc
  | Splitted :
      { encoding : 'a t ;
        json_encoding : 'a Json_encoding.encoding ;
        is_obj : bool ; is_tup : bool } -> 'a desc
  | Dynamic_size : 'a t -> 'a desc
  | Delayed : (unit -> 'a t) -> 'a desc

and _ field =
  | Req : string * 'a t -> 'a field
  | Opt : Kind.enum * string * 'a t -> 'a option field
  | Dft : string * 'a t * 'a -> 'a field

and 'a case =
  | Case : { encoding : 'a t ;
             proj : ('t -> 'a option) ;
             inj : ('a -> 't) ;
             tag : case_tag } -> 't case

and 'a t = {
  encoding: 'a desc ;
  mutable json_encoding: 'a Json_encoding.encoding option ;
}

type signed_integer = [ `Int31 | `Int16 | `Int8 ]
type unsigned_integer = [ `Uint30 | `Uint16 | `Uint8 ]
type integer = [ signed_integer | unsigned_integer ]

let signed_range_to_size min max : [> signed_integer ] =
  if min >= ~-128 && max <= 127
  then `Int8
  else if min >= ~-32_768 && max <= 32_767
  then `Int16
  else `Int31

(* max should be centered at zero *)
let unsigned_range_to_size max : [> unsigned_integer ] =
  if max <= 255
  then `Uint8
  else if max <= 65535
  then `Uint16
  else `Uint30

let integer_to_size = function
  | `Int31 -> Size.int31
  | `Int16 -> Size.int16
  | `Int8 -> Size.int8
  | `Uint30 -> Size.uint30
  | `Uint16 -> Size.uint16
  | `Uint8 -> Size.uint8

let range_to_size ~minimum ~maximum : integer =
  if minimum < 0
  then signed_range_to_size minimum maximum
  else unsigned_range_to_size (maximum - minimum)

let enum_size arr =
  unsigned_range_to_size (Array.length arr)

type 'a encoding = 'a t

let rec classify : type a. a t -> Kind.t = fun e ->
  match e.encoding with
  (* Fixed *)
  | Null -> `Fixed 0
  | Empty -> `Fixed 0
  | Constant _ -> `Fixed 0
  | Bool -> `Fixed Size.bool
  | Int8 -> `Fixed Size.int8
  | Uint8 -> `Fixed Size.uint8
  | Int16 -> `Fixed Size.int16
  | Uint16 -> `Fixed Size.uint16
  | Int31 -> `Fixed Size.int31
  | Int32 -> `Fixed Size.int32
  | Int64 -> `Fixed Size.int64
  | RangedInt { minimum ; maximum } ->
      `Fixed (integer_to_size @@ range_to_size ~minimum ~maximum)
  | Float -> `Fixed Size.float
  | RangedFloat _ -> `Fixed Size.float
  (* Tagged *)
  | Bytes kind -> (kind :> Kind.t)
  | String kind -> (kind :> Kind.t)
  | String_enum (_, cases) ->
      `Fixed (integer_to_size (enum_size cases))
  | Obj (Opt (kind, _, _)) -> (kind :> Kind.t)
  | Objs (kind, _, _) -> kind
  | Tups (kind, _, _) -> kind
  | Union (kind, _, _) -> (kind :> Kind.t)
  | Mu (kind, _, _) -> (kind :> Kind.t)
  (* Variable *)
  | Ignore -> `Variable
  | Array _ -> `Variable
  | List _ -> `Variable
  (* Recursive *)
  | Obj (Req (_, encoding)) -> classify encoding
  | Obj (Dft (_, encoding, _)) -> classify encoding
  | Tup encoding -> classify encoding
  | Conv { encoding } -> classify encoding
  | Describe { encoding } -> classify encoding
  | Def { encoding } -> classify encoding
  | Splitted { encoding } -> classify encoding
  | Dynamic_size _ -> `Dynamic
  | Delayed f -> classify (f ())

let make ?json_encoding encoding = { encoding ; json_encoding }

module Json = struct

  type pair_builder = {
    build: 'a 'b. Kind.t -> 'a t -> 'b t -> ('a * 'b) t
  }

  exception Parse_error of string

  let wrap_error f =
    fun str ->
      try f str
      with exn -> raise (Json_encoding.Cannot_destruct ([], exn))

  let int64_encoding =
    let open Json_encoding in
    union [
      case
        int32
        (fun i ->
           let j = Int64.to_int32 i in
           if Int64.equal (Int64.of_int32 j) i then Some j else None)
        Int64.of_int32 ;
      case
        string
        (fun i -> Some (Int64.to_string i))
        Int64.of_string
    ]

  let bytes_jsont =
    let open Json_encoding in
    let schema =
      let open Json_schema in
      create
        { title = None ;
          description = None ;
          default = None;
          enum = None;
          kind = String {
              pattern = Some "^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$";
              min_length = 0;
              max_length = None;
            };
          format = None ;
          id = None } in
    conv ~schema
      MBytes.to_hex
      (wrap_error MBytes.of_hex)
      (conv
         (fun (`Hex h) -> h)
         (fun h -> `Hex h)
         string)

  let rec lift_union : type a. a t -> a t = fun e ->
    match e.encoding with
    | Conv { proj ; inj ; encoding = e ; schema } -> begin
        match lift_union e with
        | { encoding = Union (kind, tag, cases) } ->
            make @@
            Union (kind, tag,
                   List.map
                     (fun (Case { encoding ; proj = proj' ; inj = inj' ; tag }) ->
                        Case { encoding ;
                               proj = (fun x -> proj' (proj x));
                               inj = (fun x -> inj (inj' x)) ;
                               tag })
                     cases)
        | e -> make @@ Conv { proj ; inj ; encoding = e ; schema }
      end
    | Objs (p, e1, e2) ->
        lift_union_in_pair
          { build = fun p e1 e2 -> make @@ Objs (p, e1, e2) }
          p e1 e2
    | Tups (p, e1, e2) ->
        lift_union_in_pair
          { build = fun p e1 e2 -> make @@ Tups (p, e1, e2) }
          p e1 e2
    | _ -> e

  and lift_union_in_pair
    : type a b. pair_builder -> Kind.t -> a t -> b t -> (a * b) t
    = fun b p e1 e2 ->
      match lift_union e1, lift_union e2 with
      | e1, { encoding = Union (_kind, tag, cases) } ->
          make @@
          Union (`Dynamic (* ignored *), tag,
                 List.map
                   (fun (Case { encoding = e2 ; proj ; inj ; tag }) ->
                      Case { encoding = lift_union_in_pair b p e1 e2 ;
                             proj = (fun (x, y) ->
                                 match proj y with
                                 | None -> None
                                 | Some y -> Some (x, y)) ;
                             inj = (fun (x, y) -> (x, inj y)) ;
                             tag })
                   cases)
      | { encoding = Union (_kind, tag, cases) }, e2 ->
          make @@
          Union (`Dynamic (* ignored *), tag,
                 List.map
                   (fun (Case { encoding = e1 ; proj ; inj ; tag }) ->
                      Case { encoding = lift_union_in_pair b p e1 e2 ;
                             proj = (fun (x, y) ->
                                 match proj x with
                                 | None -> None
                                 | Some x -> Some (x, y)) ;
                             inj = (fun (x, y) -> (inj x, y)) ;
                             tag })
                   cases)
      | e1, e2 -> b.build p e1 e2

  let rec json : type a. a desc -> a Json_encoding.encoding =
    let open Json_encoding in
    function
    | Null -> null
    | Empty -> empty
    | Constant s -> constant s
    | Ignore -> unit
    | Int8 -> ranged_int ~minimum:~-(1 lsl 7) ~maximum:((1 lsl 7) - 1) "int8"
    | Uint8 -> ranged_int ~minimum:0 ~maximum:((1 lsl 8) - 1) "uint8"
    | Int16 -> ranged_int ~minimum:~-(1 lsl 15) ~maximum:((1 lsl 15) - 1) "int16"
    | Uint16 -> ranged_int ~minimum:0 ~maximum:((1 lsl 16) - 1) "uint16"
    | RangedInt { minimum ; maximum } -> ranged_int ~minimum ~maximum "rangedInt"
    | Int31 -> int
    | Int32 -> int32
    | Int64 -> int64_encoding
    | Bool -> bool
    | Float -> float
    | RangedFloat { minimum; maximum } -> ranged_float ~minimum ~maximum "rangedFloat"
    | String _ -> string (* TODO: check length *)
    | Bytes _ -> bytes_jsont (* TODO check length *)
    | String_enum (tbl, _) -> string_enum (Hashtbl.fold (fun a (str, _) acc -> (str, a) :: acc) tbl [])
    | Array e -> array (get_json e)
    | List e -> list (get_json e)
    | Obj f -> obj1 (field_json f)
    | Objs (_, e1, e2) ->
        merge_objs (get_json e1) (get_json e2)
    | Tup e -> tup1 (get_json e)
    | Tups (_, e1, e2) ->
        merge_tups (get_json e1) (get_json e2)
    | Conv { proj ; inj ; encoding = e ; schema } -> conv ?schema proj inj (get_json e)
    | Describe { title ; description ; encoding = e } ->
        describe ?title ?description (get_json e)
    | Def { name ; encoding = e } -> def name (get_json e)
    | Mu (_, name, self) as ty ->
        mu name (fun json_encoding -> get_json @@ self (make ~json_encoding ty))
    | Union (_tag_size, _, cases) -> union (List.map case_json cases)
    | Splitted { json_encoding } -> json_encoding
    | Dynamic_size e -> get_json e
    | Delayed f -> get_json (f ())

  and field_json
    : type a. a field -> a Json_encoding.field =
    let open Json_encoding in
    function
    | Req (name, e) -> req name (get_json e)
    | Opt (_, name, e) -> opt name (get_json e)
    | Dft (name, e, d) -> dft name (get_json e) d

  and case_json : type a. a case -> a Json_encoding.case =
    let open Json_encoding in
    function
    | Case { encoding = e ; proj ; inj ; _ } -> case (get_json e) proj inj

  and get_json : type a. a t -> a Json_encoding.encoding = fun e ->
    match e.json_encoding with
    | None ->
        let json_encoding = json (lift_union e).encoding in
        e.json_encoding <- Some json_encoding ;
        json_encoding
    | Some json_encoding -> json_encoding

  let convert = get_json

  type path = path_item list
  and path_item =
    [ `Field of string
    (** A field in an object. *)
    | `Index of int
    (** An index in an array. *)
    | `Star
    (** Any / every field or index. *)
    | `Next
      (** The next element after an array. *) ]

  include Json_encoding

  let construct e v = construct (get_json e) v
  let destruct e v = destruct (get_json e) v
  let schema e = schema (get_json e)

  let cannot_destruct fmt =
    Format.kasprintf
      (fun msg -> raise (Cannot_destruct ([], Failure msg)))
      fmt

  type t = json

  let to_root = function
    | `O ctns -> `O ctns
    | `A ctns -> `A ctns
    | `Null -> `O []
    | oth -> `A [ oth ]

  let to_string ?minify j = Ezjsonm.to_string ?minify (to_root j)

  let pp = Json_repr.(pp (module Ezjsonm))

  let from_string s =
    try Ok (Ezjsonm.from_string s :> json)
    with Ezjsonm.Parse_error (_, msg) -> Error msg

  let from_stream (stream: string Lwt_stream.t) =
    let buffer = ref "" in
    Lwt_stream.filter_map
      (fun str ->
         buffer := !buffer ^ str ;
         try
           let json = Ezjsonm.from_string !buffer in
           buffer := "" ;
           Some (Ok json)
         with Ezjsonm.Parse_error _ ->
           None)
      stream

end

module Bson = struct

  type t = Json_repr_bson.bson

  include Json_repr_bson.Json_encoding

  let construct e v = construct (Json.get_json e) v
  let destruct e v = destruct (Json.get_json e) v

end

module Encoding = struct

  module Fixed = struct
    let string n = make @@ String (`Fixed n)
    let bytes n = make @@ Bytes (`Fixed n)
  end

  module Variable = struct
    let string = make @@ String `Variable
    let bytes = make @@ Bytes `Variable
    let check_not_variable name e =
      match classify e with
      | `Variable ->
          Printf.ksprintf invalid_arg
            "Cannot insert variable length element in %s. \
             You should wrap the contents using Data_encoding.dynamic_size." name
      | `Dynamic | `Fixed _ -> ()
    let array e =
      check_not_variable "an array" e ;
      make @@ Array e
    let list e =
      check_not_variable "a list" e ;
      make @@ List e
  end

  let dynamic_size e =
    make @@ Dynamic_size e

  let delayed f =
    make @@ Delayed f

  let null = make @@ Null
  let empty = make @@ Empty
  let unit = make @@ Ignore
  let constant s = make @@ Constant s
  let bool = make @@ Bool
  let int8 = make @@ Int8
  let uint8 = make @@ Uint8
  let int16 = make @@ Int16
  let uint16 = make @@ Uint16
  let int31 = make @@ Int31
  let int32 = make @@ Int32
  let ranged_int minimum maximum =
    let minimum = min minimum maximum
    and maximum = max minimum maximum in
    if minimum < -(1 lsl 30) || (1 lsl 30) - 1 < maximum then
      invalid_arg "Data_encoding.ranged_int" ;
    make @@ RangedInt { minimum ; maximum  }
  let ranged_float minimum maximum =
    let minimum = min minimum maximum
    and maximum = max minimum maximum in
    make @@ RangedFloat { minimum ; maximum }
  let int64 = make @@ Int64
  let float = make @@ Float

  let string = dynamic_size Variable.string
  let bytes = dynamic_size Variable.bytes
  let array e = dynamic_size (Variable.array e)
  let list e = dynamic_size (Variable.list e)

  let string_enum = function
    | [] -> invalid_arg "data_encoding.string_enum: cannot have zero cases"
    | [ _case ] -> invalid_arg "data_encoding.string_enum: cannot have a single case, use constant instead"
    | _ :: _ as cases ->
        let arr = Array.of_list (List.map snd cases) in
        let tbl = Hashtbl.create (Array.length arr) in
        List.iteri (fun ind (str, a) -> Hashtbl.add tbl a (str, ind)) cases ;
        make @@ String_enum (tbl, arr)

  let conv proj inj ?schema encoding =
    make @@ Conv { proj ; inj ; encoding ; schema }

  let describe ?title ?description encoding =
    match title, description with
    | None, None -> encoding
    | _, _ -> make @@ Describe { title ; description ; encoding }

  let def name encoding = make @@ Def { name ; encoding }

  let req ?title ?description n t =
    Req (n, describe ?title ?description t)
  let opt ?title ?description n encoding =
    let kind =
      match classify encoding with
      | `Variable -> `Variable
      | `Fixed _ | `Dynamic -> `Dynamic in
    Opt (kind, n, make @@ Describe { title ; description ; encoding })
  let varopt ?title ?description n encoding =
    Opt (`Variable, n, make @@ Describe { title ; description ; encoding })
  let dft ?title ?description n t d =
    Dft (n, describe ?title ?description t, d)

  let raw_splitted ~json ~binary =
    make @@ Splitted { encoding = binary ;
                       json_encoding = json ;
                       is_obj = false ;
                       is_tup = false }

  let rec is_obj : type a. a t -> bool = fun e ->
    match e.encoding with
    | Obj _ -> true
    | Objs _ (* by construction *) -> true
    | Conv { encoding = e } -> is_obj e
    | Dynamic_size e  -> is_obj e
    | Union (_,_,cases) ->
        List.for_all (fun (Case { encoding = e }) -> is_obj e) cases
    | Empty -> true
    | Ignore -> true
    | Mu (_,_,self) -> is_obj (self e)
    | Splitted { is_obj } -> is_obj
    | Delayed f -> is_obj (f ())
    | Describe { encoding } -> is_obj encoding
    | Def { encoding } -> is_obj encoding
    | _ -> false

  let rec is_tup : type a. a t -> bool = fun e ->
    match e.encoding with
    | Tup _ -> true
    | Tups _ (* by construction *) -> true
    | Conv { encoding = e } -> is_tup e
    | Dynamic_size e  -> is_tup e
    | Union (_,_,cases) ->
        List.for_all (function Case { encoding = e} -> is_tup e) cases
    | Mu (_,_,self) -> is_tup (self e)
    | Splitted { is_tup } -> is_tup
    | Delayed f -> is_tup (f ())
    | Describe { encoding } -> is_tup encoding
    | Def { encoding } -> is_tup encoding
    | _ -> false

  let splitted ~json ~binary =
    make @@ Splitted { encoding = binary ;
                       json_encoding = Json.convert json ;
                       is_obj = is_obj json ;
                       is_tup = is_tup json }

  let json =
    let binary =
      conv
        (fun json ->
           Json_repr.convert
             (module Json_repr.Ezjsonm)
             (module Json_repr_bson.Repr)
             json |>
           Json_repr_bson.bson_to_bytes |>
           Bytes.to_string)
        (fun s -> try
            Bytes.of_string s |>
            Json_repr_bson.bytes_to_bson ~copy:false |>
            Json_repr.convert
              (module Json_repr_bson.Repr)
              (module Json_repr.Ezjsonm)
          with
          | Json_repr_bson.Bson_decoding_error (msg, _, _) ->
              raise (Json.Parse_error msg))
        string in
    let json =
      Json_encoding.any_ezjson_value in
    raw_splitted ~binary ~json

  let json_schema =
    conv
      Json_schema.to_json
      Json_schema.of_json
      json

  let raw_merge_objs e1 e2 =
    let kind = Kind.combine "objects" (classify e1) (classify e2) in
    make @@ Objs (kind, e1, e2)

  let obj1 f1 = make @@ Obj f1
  let obj2 f2 f1 =
    raw_merge_objs (obj1 f2) (obj1 f1)
  let obj3 f3 f2 f1 =
    raw_merge_objs (obj1 f3) (obj2 f2 f1)
  let obj4 f4 f3 f2 f1 =
    raw_merge_objs (obj2 f4 f3) (obj2 f2 f1)
  let obj5 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 =
    raw_merge_objs (obj1 f5) (obj4 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let obj6 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 =
    raw_merge_objs (obj2 f6 f5) (obj4 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let obj7 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 =
    raw_merge_objs (obj3 f7 f6 f5) (obj4 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let obj8 f8 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 =
    raw_merge_objs (obj4 f8 f7 f6 f5) (obj4 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let obj9 f9 f8 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 =
    raw_merge_objs (obj1 f9) (obj8 f8 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let obj10 f10 f9 f8 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 =
    raw_merge_objs (obj2 f10 f9) (obj8 f8 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1)

  let merge_objs o1 o2 =
    if is_obj o1 && is_obj o2 then
      raw_merge_objs o1 o2
    else
      invalid_arg "Json_encoding.merge_objs"

  let raw_merge_tups e1 e2 =
    let kind = Kind.combine "tuples" (classify e1) (classify e2) in
    make @@ Tups (kind, e1, e2)

  let tup1 e1 = make @@ Tup e1
  let tup2 e2 e1 =
    raw_merge_tups (tup1 e2) (tup1 e1)
  let tup3 e3 e2 e1 =
    raw_merge_tups (tup1 e3) (tup2 e2 e1)
  let tup4 e4 e3 e2 e1 =
    raw_merge_tups (tup2 e4 e3) (tup2 e2 e1)
  let tup5 e5 e4 e3 e2 e1 =
    raw_merge_tups (tup1 e5) (tup4 e4 e3 e2 e1)
  let tup6 e6 e5 e4 e3 e2 e1 =
    raw_merge_tups (tup2 e6 e5) (tup4 e4 e3 e2 e1)
  let tup7 e7 e6 e5 e4 e3 e2 e1 =
    raw_merge_tups (tup3 e7 e6 e5) (tup4 e4 e3 e2 e1)
  let tup8 e8 e7 e6 e5 e4 e3 e2 e1 =
    raw_merge_tups (tup4 e8 e7 e6 e5) (tup4 e4 e3 e2 e1)
  let tup9 e9 e8 e7 e6 e5 e4 e3 e2 e1 =
    raw_merge_tups (tup1 e9) (tup8 e8 e7 e6 e5 e4 e3 e2 e1)
  let tup10 e10 e9 e8 e7 e6 e5 e4 e3 e2 e1 =
    raw_merge_tups (tup2 e10 e9) (tup8 e8 e7 e6 e5 e4 e3 e2 e1)

  let merge_tups t1 t2 =
    if is_tup t1 && is_tup t2 then
      raw_merge_tups t1 t2
    else
      invalid_arg "Tezos_serial.Encoding.merge_tups"

  let conv3 ty =
    conv
      (fun (c, b, a) -> (c, (b, a)))
      (fun (c, (b, a)) -> (c, b, a))
      ty
  let obj3 f3 f2 f1 = conv3 (obj3 f3 f2 f1)
  let tup3 f3 f2 f1 = conv3 (tup3 f3 f2 f1)
  let conv4 ty =
    conv
      (fun (d, c, b, a) -> ((d, c), (b, a)))
      (fun ((d, c), (b, a)) -> (d, c, b, a))
      ty
  let obj4 f4 f3 f2 f1 = conv4 (obj4 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let tup4 f4 f3 f2 f1 = conv4 (tup4 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let conv5 ty =
    conv
      (fun (e, d, c, b, a) -> (e, ((d, c), (b, a))))
      (fun (e, ((d, c), (b, a))) -> (e, d, c, b, a))
      ty
  let obj5 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 = conv5 (obj5 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let tup5 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 = conv5 (tup5 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let conv6 ty =
    conv
      (fun (f, e, d, c, b, a) -> ((f, e), ((d, c), (b, a))))
      (fun ((f, e), ((d, c), (b, a))) -> (f, e, d, c, b, a))
      ty
  let obj6 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 = conv6 (obj6 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let tup6 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 = conv6 (tup6 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let conv7 ty =
    conv
      (fun (g, f, e, d, c, b, a) -> ((g, (f, e)), ((d, c), (b, a))))
      (fun ((g, (f, e)), ((d, c), (b, a))) -> (g, f, e, d, c, b, a))
      ty
  let obj7 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 = conv7 (obj7 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let tup7 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 = conv7 (tup7 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let conv8 ty =
    conv (fun (h, g, f, e, d, c, b, a) ->
        (((h, g), (f, e)), ((d, c), (b, a))))
      (fun (((h, g), (f, e)), ((d, c), (b, a))) ->
         (h, g, f, e, d, c, b, a))
      ty
  let obj8 f8 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 = conv8 (obj8 f8 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let tup8 f8 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 = conv8 (tup8 f8 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let conv9 ty =
    conv
      (fun (i, h, g, f, e, d, c, b, a) ->
         (i, (((h, g), (f, e)), ((d, c), (b, a)))))
      (fun (i, (((h, g), (f, e)), ((d, c), (b, a)))) ->
         (i, h, g, f, e, d, c, b, a))
      ty
  let obj9 f9 f8 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 =
    conv9 (obj9 f9 f8 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let tup9 f9 f8 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 =
    conv9 (tup9 f9 f8 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let conv10 ty =
    conv
      (fun (j, i, h, g, f, e, d, c, b, a) ->
         ((j, i), (((h, g), (f, e)), ((d, c), (b, a)))))
      (fun ((j, i), (((h, g), (f, e)), ((d, c), (b, a)))) ->
         (j, i, h, g, f, e, d, c, b, a))
      ty
  let obj10 f10 f9 f8 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 =
    conv10 (obj10 f10 f9 f8 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1)
  let tup10 f10 f9 f8 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 =
    conv10 (tup10 f10 f9 f8 f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1)

  let check_cases tag_size cases =
    if cases = [] then
      invalid_arg "Data_encoding.union: empty list of cases." ;
    let max_tag =
      match tag_size with
      | `Uint8 -> 256
      | `Uint16 -> 256 * 256 in
    ignore @@
    List.fold_left
      (fun others (Case { tag }) ->
         match tag with
         | Json_only -> others
         | Tag tag ->
             if List.mem tag others then raise (Duplicated_tag tag) ;
             if tag < 0 || max_tag <= tag then
               raise (Invalid_tag (tag, tag_size)) ;
             tag :: others
      )
      [] cases

  let union ?(tag_size = `Uint8) cases =
    check_cases tag_size cases ;
    let kinds =
      List.map (fun (Case { encoding }) -> classify encoding) cases in
    let kind = Kind.merge_list tag_size kinds in
    make @@ Union (kind, tag_size, cases)
  let case tag encoding proj inj = Case { encoding ; proj ; inj ; tag }
  let option ty =
    union
      ~tag_size:`Uint8
      [ case (Tag 1) ty
          (fun x -> x)
          (fun x -> Some x) ;
        case (Tag 0) empty
          (function None -> Some () | Some _ -> None)
          (fun () -> None) ;
      ]
  let mu name self =
    let kind =
      try
        match classify (self (make @@ Mu (`Dynamic, name, self))) with
        | `Fixed _ | `Dynamic -> `Dynamic
        | `Variable -> raise Exit
      with Exit | _ (* TODO variability error *) ->
        ignore @@ classify (self (make @@ Mu (`Variable, name, self))) ;
        `Variable in
    make @@ Mu (kind, name, self)

  let result ok_enc error_enc =
    union
      ~tag_size:`Uint8
      [ case (Tag 1) ok_enc
          (function Ok x -> Some x | Error _ -> None)
          (fun x -> Ok x) ;
        case (Tag 0) error_enc
          (function Ok _ -> None | Error x -> Some x)
          (fun x -> Error x) ;
      ]

  let assoc enc =
    let json = Json_encoding.assoc (Json.get_json enc) in
    let binary = list (tup2 string enc) in
    raw_splitted ~json ~binary
end

include Encoding

module Binary = struct

  type 'l writer = {
    write: 'a. 'a t -> 'a -> MBytes.t -> int -> int ;
  }

  type 'l reader = {
    read: 'a. 'a t -> MBytes.t -> int -> int -> (int * 'a) ;
  }

  let rec length : type x. x t -> x -> int = fun e ->
    match e.encoding with
    (* Fixed *)
    | Null -> fun _ -> 0
    | Empty -> fun _ -> 0
    | Constant _ -> fun _ -> 0
    | Bool -> fun _ -> Size.bool
    | Int8 -> fun _ -> Size.int8
    | Uint8 -> fun _ -> Size.uint8
    | Int16 -> fun _ -> Size.int16
    | Uint16 -> fun _ -> Size.uint16
    | Int31 -> fun _ -> Size.int31
    | Int32 -> fun _ -> Size.int32
    | Int64 -> fun _ -> Size.int64
    | RangedInt { minimum ; maximum } ->
        fun _ -> integer_to_size @@ range_to_size ~minimum ~maximum
    | Float -> fun _ -> Size.float
    | RangedFloat _ -> fun _ -> Size.float
    | Bytes `Fixed n -> fun _ -> n
    | String `Fixed n -> fun _ -> n
    | String_enum (_, arr) ->
        fun _ -> integer_to_size @@ enum_size arr
    | Objs (`Fixed n, _, _) -> fun _ -> n
    | Tups (`Fixed n, _, _) -> fun _ -> n
    | Union (`Fixed n, _, _) -> fun _ -> n
    (* Dynamic *)
    | Objs (`Dynamic, e1, e2) ->
        let length1 = length e1 in
        let length2 = length e2 in
        fun (v1, v2) -> length1 v1 + length2 v2
    | Tups (`Dynamic, e1, e2) ->
        let length1 = length e1 in
        let length2 = length e2 in
        fun (v1, v2) -> length1 v1 + length2 v2
    | Union (`Dynamic, sz, cases) ->
        let tag_size = tag_size sz in
        let case_length (Case { encoding = e ; proj }) =
          let length v = tag_size + length e v in
          fun v -> Option.map ~f:length (proj v) in
        apply (List.map case_length cases)
    | Mu (`Dynamic, _name, self) ->
        fun v -> length (self e) v
    | Obj (Opt (`Dynamic, _, e)) ->
        let length = length e in
        (function None -> 1 | Some x -> 1 + length x)
    (* Variable *)
    | Ignore -> fun _ -> 0
    | Bytes `Variable -> MBytes.length
    | String `Variable -> String.length
    | Array e ->
        let length = length e in
        fun v ->
          Array.fold_left
            (fun acc v -> length v + acc)
            0 v
    | List e ->
        let length = length e in
        fun v ->
          List.fold_left
            (fun acc v -> length v + acc)
            0 v
    | Objs (`Variable, e1, e2) ->
        let length1 = length e1 in
        let length2 = length e2 in
        fun (v1, v2) -> length1 v1 + length2 v2
    | Tups (`Variable, e1, e2) ->
        let length1 = length e1
        and length2 = length e2 in
        fun (v1, v2) -> length1 v1 + length2 v2
    | Obj (Opt (`Variable, _, e)) ->
        let length = length e in
        (function None -> 0 | Some x -> length x)
    | Union (`Variable, sz, cases) ->
        let rec case_lengths json_only_cases acc = function
          | [] -> (List.rev acc, json_only_cases)
          | Case { tag = Json_only } :: tl -> case_lengths true acc tl
          | Case { encoding = e ; proj ; tag = Tag _ } :: tl ->
              let length v = tag_size sz + length e v in
              case_lengths
                json_only_cases
                ((fun v ->
                    match proj v with
                    | None -> None
                    | Some v -> Some (length v)) :: acc)
                tl in
        let cases, json_only = case_lengths false [] cases in
        apply
          ~error:(if json_only
                  then Failure "No case matched, but JSON only cases were present in union"
                  else No_case_matched)
          cases
    | Mu (`Variable, _name, self) ->
        fun v -> length (self e) v
    (* Recursive*)
    | Obj (Req (_, e)) -> length e
    | Obj (Dft (_, e, _)) -> length e
    | Tup e -> length e
    | Conv  { encoding = e ; proj } ->
        let length = length e in
        fun v -> length (proj v)
    | Describe { encoding = e } -> length e
    | Def { encoding = e } -> length e
    | Splitted { encoding = e } -> length e
    | Dynamic_size e ->
        let length = length e in
        fun v -> Size.int32 + length v
    | Delayed f -> length (f ())

  (** Writer *)

  module Writer = struct

    let int8 v buf ofs =
      if (v < - (1 lsl 7) || v >= 1 lsl 7) then
        invalid_arg "Data_encoding.Binary.Writer.int8" ;
      MBytes.set_int8 buf ofs v;
      ofs + Size.int8

    let uint8 v buf ofs =
      if (v < 0 || v >= 1 lsl 8) then
        invalid_arg "Data_encoding.Binary.Writer.uint8" ;
      MBytes.set_int8 buf ofs v;
      ofs + Size.uint8

    let char v buf ofs =
      MBytes.set_char buf ofs v;
      ofs + Size.char

    let bool v buf ofs =
      uint8 (if v then 255 else 0) buf ofs

    let int16 v buf ofs =
      if (v < - (1 lsl 15) || v >= 1 lsl 15) then
        invalid_arg "Data_encoding.Binary.Writer.int16" ;
      MBytes.set_int16 buf ofs v;
      ofs + Size.int16

    let uint16 v buf ofs =
      if (v < 0 || v >= 1 lsl 16) then
        invalid_arg "Data_encoding.Binary.Writer.uint16" ;
      MBytes.set_int16 buf ofs v;
      ofs + Size.uint16

    let uint30 v buf ofs =
      if v < 0 || (Sys.int_size > 31 && v >= 1 lsl 30) then
        invalid_arg "Data_encoding.Binary.Writer.uint30" ;
      MBytes.set_int32 buf ofs (Int32.of_int v);
      ofs + Size.uint30

    let int31 v buf ofs =
      if Sys.int_size > 31 && (v < ~- (1 lsl 30) || v >= 1 lsl 30) then
        invalid_arg "Data_encoding.Binary.Writer.int31" ;
      MBytes.set_int32 buf ofs (Int32.of_int v);
      ofs + Size.int31

    let int32 v buf ofs =
      MBytes.set_int32 buf ofs v;
      ofs + Size.int32

    let int64 v buf ofs =
      MBytes.set_int64 buf ofs v;
      ofs + Size.int64

    (** write a float64 (double) **)
    let float v buf ofs =
      (*Here, float means float64, which is written using MBytes.set_double !!*)
      MBytes.set_double buf ofs v;
      ofs + Size.float

    let fixed_kind_bytes length s buf ofs =
      MBytes.blit s 0 buf ofs length;
      ofs + length

    let variable_length_bytes s buf ofs =
      let length = MBytes.length s in
      MBytes.blit s 0 buf ofs length ;
      ofs + length

    let fixed_kind_string length s buf ofs =
      if String.length s <> length then invalid_arg "fixed_kind_string";
      MBytes.blit_from_string s 0 buf ofs length;
      ofs + length

    let variable_length_string s buf ofs =
      let length = String.length s in
      MBytes.blit_from_string s 0 buf ofs length ;
      ofs + length

    let objs w1 w2 (v1,v2) buf ofs =
      w1 v1 buf ofs |> w2 v2 buf

    let array w a buf ofs =
      Array.fold_left (fun ofs v -> w v buf ofs) ofs a

    let list w l buf ofs =
      List.fold_left (fun ofs v -> w v buf ofs) ofs l

    let conv proj w v buf ofs =
      w (proj v) buf ofs

    let write_tag = function
      | `Uint8 -> uint8
      | `Uint16 -> uint16

    let union w sz cases =
      let writes_case = function
        | Case { tag = Json_only } -> None
        | Case { encoding = e ; proj ; tag = Tag tag } ->
            let write = w.write e in
            let write v buf ofs =
              write_tag sz tag buf ofs |> write v buf in
            Some (fun v ->
                match proj v with
                | None -> None
                | Some v -> Some (write v)) in
      apply (TzList.filter_map writes_case cases)

  end

  module BufferedWriter = struct

    let int8 v buf =
      if (v < - (1 lsl 7) || v >= 1 lsl 7) then
        invalid_arg "Data_encoding.Binary.Writer.int8" ;
      MBytes_buffer.write_int8 buf v

    let uint8 v buf =
      if (v < 0 || v >= 1 lsl 8) then
        invalid_arg "Data_encoding.Binary.Writer.uint8" ;
      MBytes_buffer.write_int8 buf v

    let char v buf =
      MBytes_buffer.write_char buf v

    let bool v buf =
      uint8 (if v then 255 else 0) buf

    let int16 v buf =
      if (v < - (1 lsl 15) || v >= 1 lsl 15) then
        invalid_arg "Data_encoding.Binary.Writer.int16" ;
      MBytes_buffer.write_int16 buf v

    let uint16 v buf =
      if (v < 0 || v >= 1 lsl 16) then
        invalid_arg "Data_encoding.Binary.Writer.uint16" ;
      MBytes_buffer.write_int16 buf v

    let uint30 v buf =
      if v < 0 || (Sys.int_size > 31 && v >= 1 lsl 30) then
        invalid_arg "Data_encoding.Binary.Writer.uint30" ;
      MBytes_buffer.write_int32 buf (Int32.of_int v)

    let int31 v buf =
      if Sys.int_size > 31 && (v < ~- (1 lsl 30) || v >= 1 lsl 30) then
        invalid_arg "Data_encoding.Binary.Writer.int31" ;
      MBytes_buffer.write_int32 buf (Int32.of_int v)

    let int32 v buf =
      MBytes_buffer.write_int32 buf v

    let int64 v buf =
      MBytes_buffer.write_int64 buf v

    (** write a float64 (double) **)
    let float v buf =
      MBytes_buffer.write_double buf v

    let fixed_kind_bytes length s buf =
      MBytes_buffer.write_mbytes buf s 0 length

    let variable_length_bytes s buf =
      let length = MBytes.length s in
      MBytes_buffer.write_mbytes buf s 0 length

    let fixed_kind_string length s buf =
      if String.length s <> length then invalid_arg "fixed_kind_string";
      MBytes_buffer.write_string_data buf s

    let variable_length_string s buf =
      MBytes_buffer.write_string_data buf s

    let write_tag = function
      | `Uint8 -> uint8
      | `Uint16 -> uint16

  end

  let rec assoc_snd target = function
    | [] -> raise No_case_matched
    | (value, hd) :: tl ->
        if hd = target
        then value
        else assoc_snd target tl

  let get_string_enum_case tbl v =
    try
      snd (Hashtbl.find tbl v)
    with _ ->
      raise No_case_matched

  let rec write_rec
    : type a. a t -> a -> MBytes.t -> int -> int = fun e ->
    let open Writer in
    match e.encoding with
    | Null -> (fun () _buf ofs -> ofs)
    | Empty -> (fun () _buf ofs -> ofs)
    | Constant _ -> (fun () _buf ofs -> ofs)
    | Ignore -> (fun () _buf ofs -> ofs)
    | Bool -> bool
    | Int8 -> int8
    | Uint8 -> uint8
    | Int16 -> int16
    | Uint16 -> uint16
    | Int31 -> int31
    | Int32 -> int32
    | Int64 -> int64
    | RangedInt { minimum ; maximum } ->
        fun v ->
          begin
            if v < minimum || v > maximum
            then invalid_arg (Printf.sprintf "Integer %d not in range [%d, %d]." v minimum maximum) ;
            let v = if minimum >= 0 then v - minimum else v in
            match range_to_size ~minimum ~maximum with
            | `Uint8 -> uint8 v
            | `Uint16 -> uint16 v
            | `Uint30 -> uint30 v
            | `Int8 -> int8 v
            | `Int16 -> int16 v
            | `Int31 -> int31 v
          end
    | Float -> float
    | RangedFloat { minimum ; maximum } ->
        fun v ->
          if v < minimum || v > maximum
          then invalid_arg (Printf.sprintf "Float %f not in range [%f, %f]." v minimum maximum) ;
          float v
    | Bytes (`Fixed n) -> fixed_kind_bytes n
    | String (`Fixed n) -> fixed_kind_string n
    | Bytes `Variable -> variable_length_bytes
    | String `Variable -> variable_length_string
    | Array t -> array (write_rec t)
    | List t -> list (write_rec t)
    | String_enum (tbl, arr) ->
        (fun v ->
           let value = get_string_enum_case tbl v in
           match enum_size arr with
           | `Uint30 -> uint30 value
           | `Uint16 -> uint16 value
           | `Uint8 -> uint8 value)
    | Obj (Req (_, e)) -> write_rec e
    | Obj (Opt (`Dynamic, _, e)) ->
        let write = write_rec e in
        (function None -> int8 0
                | Some x -> fun buf ofs -> int8 1 buf ofs |> write x buf)
    | Obj (Opt (`Variable, _, e)) ->
        let write = write_rec e in
        (function None -> fun _buf ofs -> ofs
                | Some x -> write x)
    | Obj (Dft (_, e, _)) -> write_rec e
    | Objs (_, e1, e2) ->
        objs (write_rec e1) (write_rec e2)
    | Tup e -> write_rec e
    | Tups (_, e1, e2) ->
        objs (write_rec e1) (write_rec e2)
    | Conv { encoding = e; proj } -> conv proj (write_rec e)
    | Describe { encoding = e } -> write_rec e
    | Def { encoding = e } -> write_rec e
    | Splitted { encoding = e } -> write_rec e
    | Union (_, sz, cases) -> union { write = write_rec } sz cases
    | Mu (_, _, self) -> fun v buf ofs -> write_rec (self e) v buf ofs
    | Dynamic_size e ->
        let length = length e
        and write = write_rec e in
        fun v buf ofs ->
          int32 (Int32.of_int @@ length v) buf ofs |> write v buf
    | Delayed f -> write_rec (f ())

  let rec write_rec_buffer
    : type a. a encoding -> a -> MBytes_buffer.t -> unit =
    fun encoding value buffer ->
      let open BufferedWriter in
      match encoding.encoding with
      | Null -> ()
      | Empty -> ()
      | Constant _ -> ()
      | Ignore -> ()
      | Bool -> bool value buffer
      | Int8 -> int8 value buffer
      | Uint8 -> uint8 value buffer
      | Int16 -> int16 value buffer
      | Uint16 -> uint16 value buffer
      | Int31 -> int31 value buffer
      | Int32 -> int32 value buffer
      | Int64 -> int64 value buffer
      | Float -> float value buffer
      | Bytes (`Fixed n) -> fixed_kind_bytes n value buffer
      | String (`Fixed n) -> fixed_kind_string n value buffer
      | Bytes `Variable -> variable_length_bytes value buffer
      | String `Variable -> variable_length_string value buffer
      | Array t -> Array.iter (fun x -> write_rec_buffer t x buffer) value
      | List t -> List.iter (fun x -> write_rec_buffer t x buffer) value
      | RangedInt { minimum ; maximum } ->
          if value < minimum || value > maximum
          then invalid_arg (Printf.sprintf "Integer %d not in range [%d, %d]."
                              value minimum maximum) ;
          let value = if minimum >= 0 then value - minimum else value in
          begin
            match range_to_size ~minimum ~maximum with
            | `Uint30 -> uint30 value buffer
            | `Uint16 -> uint16 value buffer
            | `Uint8 -> uint8 value buffer
            | `Int8 -> int8 value buffer
            | `Int16 -> int16 value buffer
            | `Int31 -> int31 value buffer
          end
      | RangedFloat { minimum ; maximum } ->
          if value < minimum || value > maximum
          then invalid_arg (Printf.sprintf "Float %f not in range [%f, %f]."
                              value minimum maximum) ;
          float value buffer
      | String_enum (tbl, arr) ->
          (match enum_size arr with
           | `Uint30 -> BufferedWriter.uint30
           | `Uint16 -> BufferedWriter.uint16
           | `Uint8 -> BufferedWriter.uint8)
            (get_string_enum_case tbl value)
            buffer
      | Obj (Req (_, e)) -> write_rec_buffer e value buffer
      | Obj (Opt (`Dynamic, _, e)) ->
          (match value with
           | None -> int8 0 buffer
           | Some x ->
               begin
                 int8 1 buffer ;
                 write_rec_buffer e x buffer
               end)
      | Obj (Opt (`Variable, _, e)) ->
          (match value with
           | None -> ()
           | Some x -> write_rec_buffer e x buffer)
      | Obj (Dft (_, e, _)) -> write_rec_buffer e value buffer
      | Objs (_, e1, e2) ->
          let v1, v2 = value in
          write_rec_buffer e1 v1 buffer ;
          write_rec_buffer e2 v2 buffer
      | Tup e -> write_rec_buffer e value buffer
      | Tups (_, e1, e2) ->
          let v1, v2 = value in
          write_rec_buffer e1 v1 buffer ;
          write_rec_buffer e2 v2 buffer
      | Conv { encoding = e; proj } ->
          write_rec_buffer e (proj value) buffer
      | Describe { encoding = e } -> write_rec_buffer e value buffer
      | Def { encoding = e } -> write_rec_buffer e value buffer
      | Splitted { encoding = e } -> write_rec_buffer e value buffer
      | Union (_, sz, cases) ->
          let rec write_case = function
            | [] -> raise No_case_matched
            | Case { tag = Json_only } :: tl -> write_case tl
            | Case { encoding = e ; proj ; tag = Tag tag } :: tl ->
                begin
                  match proj value with
                  | None -> write_case tl
                  | Some data ->
                      write_tag sz tag buffer ;
                      write_rec_buffer e data buffer
                end  in
          write_case cases
      | Mu (_, _, self) ->
          write_rec_buffer (self encoding) value buffer
      | Dynamic_size e ->
          MBytes_buffer.write_sized buffer (fun () -> write_rec_buffer e value buffer)
      | Delayed f -> write_rec_buffer (f ()) value buffer

  let write t v buf ofs =
    try Some (write_rec t v buf ofs)
    with _ -> None

  let to_bytes t v =
    let bytes = MBytes_buffer.create () in
    write_rec_buffer t v bytes ;
    MBytes_buffer.to_mbytes bytes

  let to_bytes_list ?(copy_blocks=false) block_sz t v =
    assert (block_sz > 0);
    let bytes = to_bytes t v in   (* call to generic function to_bytes *)
    let length = MBytes.length bytes in
    if length <= block_sz then
      [bytes] (* if the result fits in the given block_sz *)
    else
      let may_copy = if copy_blocks then MBytes.copy else fun t -> t in
      let nb_full = length / block_sz in (* nb of blocks of size block_sz *)
      let sz_full = nb_full * block_sz in (* size of the full part *)
      let acc = (* eventually init acc with a non-full block *)
        if sz_full = length then []
        else [may_copy (MBytes.sub bytes sz_full (length - sz_full))]
      in
      let rec split_full_blocks curr_upper_limit acc =
        let start = curr_upper_limit - block_sz in
        assert (start >= 0);
        (* copy the block [ start, curr_upper_limit [ of size block_sz *)
        let acc = (may_copy (MBytes.sub bytes start block_sz)) :: acc in
        if start = 0 then acc else split_full_blocks start acc
      in
      split_full_blocks sz_full acc

  (** Reader *)

  module Reader = struct

    let int8 buf ofs _len =
      ofs + Size.int8, MBytes.get_int8 buf ofs

    let uint8 buf ofs _len =
      ofs + Size.uint8, MBytes.get_uint8 buf ofs

    let char buf ofs _len =
      ofs + Size.char, MBytes.get_char buf ofs

    let bool buf ofs len =
      let ofs, v = int8 buf ofs len in
      ofs, v <> 0

    let int16 buf ofs _len =
      ofs + Size.int16, MBytes.get_int16 buf ofs

    let uint16 buf ofs _len =
      ofs + Size.uint16, MBytes.get_uint16 buf ofs

    let uint30 buf ofs _len =
      let v = Int32.to_int (MBytes.get_int32 buf ofs) in
      if v < 0 then
        failwith "Data_encoding.Binary.Reader.uint30: invalid data." ;
      ofs + Size.uint30, v

    let int31 buf ofs _len =
      ofs + Size.int31, Int32.to_int (MBytes.get_int32 buf ofs)

    let int32 buf ofs _len =
      ofs + Size.int32, MBytes.get_int32 buf ofs

    let int64 buf ofs _len =
      ofs + Size.int64, MBytes.get_int64 buf ofs

    (** read a float64 (double) **)
    let float buf ofs _len =
      (*Here, float means float64, which is read using MBytes.get_double !!*)
      ofs + Size.float, MBytes.get_double buf ofs

    let int_of_int32 i =
      let i' = Int32.to_int i in
      let i'' = Int32.of_int i' in
      if i'' = i then
        i'
      else
        invalid_arg "int_of_int32 overflow"

    let fixed_length_bytes length buf ofs _len =
      let s = MBytes.sub buf ofs length in
      ofs + length, s

    let fixed_length_string length buf ofs _len =
      let s = MBytes.substring buf ofs length in
      ofs + length, s

    let seq r1 r2 buf ofs len =
      let ofs', v1 = r1 buf ofs len in
      let ofs'', v2 = r2 buf ofs' (len - (ofs' - ofs)) in
      ofs'', (v1, v2)

    let varseq r e1 e2 buf ofs len =
      let k1 = classify e1
      and k2 = classify e2 in
      match k1, k2 with
      | (`Dynamic | `Fixed _), `Variable ->
          let ofs', v1 = r.read e1 buf ofs len in
          let ofs'', v2 = r.read e2 buf ofs' (len - (ofs' - ofs)) in
          ofs'', (v1, v2)
      | `Variable, `Fixed n ->
          let ofs', v1 = r.read e1 buf ofs (len - n) in
          let ofs'', v2 = r.read e2 buf ofs' n in
          ofs'', (v1, v2)
      | _ -> assert false (* Should be rejected by Kind.combine *)

    let list read buf ofs len =
      let rec loop acc ofs len =
        assert (len >= 0);
        if len <= 0
        then ofs, List.rev acc
        else
          let ofs', v = read buf ofs len in
          assert (ofs' > ofs);
          loop (v :: acc) ofs'  (len - (ofs' - ofs))
      in
      loop [] ofs len

    let array read buf ofs len =
      let ofs, l = list read buf ofs len in
      ofs, Array.of_list l

    let conv inj r buf ofs len =
      let ofs, v = r buf ofs len in
      ofs, inj v

    let read_tag = function
      | `Uint8 -> uint8
      | `Uint16 -> uint16

    let union r sz cases =
      let read_cases =
        TzList.filter_map
          (function
            | (Case { tag = Json_only }) -> None
            | (Case { encoding = e ; inj ; tag = Tag tag }) ->
                let read = r.read e in
                Some (tag, fun len buf ofs ->
                    let ofs, v = read len buf ofs in
                    ofs, inj v))
          cases in
      fun buf ofs len ->
        let ofs, tag = read_tag sz buf ofs len in
        try List.assoc tag read_cases buf ofs (len - tag_size sz)
        with Not_found -> raise (Unexpected_tag tag)

  end

  let rec read_rec : type a. a t-> MBytes.t -> int -> int -> int * a = fun e ->
    let open Reader in
    match e.encoding with
    | Null -> (fun _buf ofs _len -> ofs, ())
    | Empty -> (fun _buf ofs _len -> ofs, ())
    | Constant _ -> (fun _buf ofs _len -> ofs, ())
    | Ignore -> (fun _buf ofs len -> ofs + len, ())
    | Bool -> bool
    | Int8 -> int8
    | Uint8 -> uint8
    | Int16 -> int16
    | Uint16 -> uint16
    | Int31 -> int31
    | Int32 -> int32
    | Int64 -> int64
    | RangedInt { minimum ; maximum } ->
        (fun buf ofs alpha ->
           let ofs, value =
             match range_to_size ~minimum ~maximum with
             | `Int8 -> int8 buf ofs alpha
             | `Int16 -> int16 buf ofs alpha
             | `Int31 -> int31 buf ofs alpha
             | `Uint8 -> uint8 buf ofs alpha
             | `Uint16 -> uint16 buf ofs alpha
             | `Uint30 -> uint30 buf ofs alpha in
           let value = if minimum > 0 then value + minimum else value in
           if value < minimum || value > maximum
           then raise (Int_out_of_range (value, minimum, maximum)) ;
           (ofs, value))
    | Float -> float
    | RangedFloat { minimum ; maximum } ->
        (fun buf ofs len ->
           let offset, value = float buf ofs len in
           if value < minimum || value > maximum
           then raise (Float_out_of_range (value, minimum, maximum)) ;
           (offset, value))
    | Bytes (`Fixed n) -> fixed_length_bytes n
    | String (`Fixed n) -> fixed_length_string n
    | Bytes `Variable -> fun buf ofs len -> fixed_length_bytes len buf ofs len
    | String `Variable -> fun buf ofs len -> fixed_length_string len buf ofs len
    | String_enum (_, arr) -> begin
        fun buf ofs a ->
          let ofs, ind =
            match enum_size arr with
            | `Uint8 -> uint8 buf ofs a
            | `Uint16 -> uint16 buf ofs a
            | `Uint30 -> uint30 buf ofs a in
          if ind >= Array.length arr
          then raise No_case_matched
          else (ofs, arr.(ind))
      end
    | Array e -> array (read_rec e)
    | List e -> list (read_rec e)
    | Obj (Req (_, e)) -> read_rec e
    | Obj (Opt (`Dynamic, _, t)) ->
        let read = read_rec t in
        (fun buf ofs len ->
           let ofs, v = int8 buf ofs len in
           if v = 0 then ofs, None
           else let ofs, v = read buf ofs (len - Size.int8) in ofs, Some v)
    | Obj (Opt (`Variable, _, t)) ->
        let read = read_rec t in
        (fun buf ofs len ->
           if len = 0 then ofs, None
           else
             let ofs', v = read buf ofs len in
             assert (ofs' = ofs + len) ;
             ofs + len, Some v)
    | Obj (Dft (_, e, _)) -> read_rec e
    | Objs ((`Fixed _ | `Dynamic), e1, e2) ->
        seq (read_rec e1) (read_rec e2)
    | Objs (`Variable, e1, e2) ->
        varseq { read = fun t -> read_rec t } e1 e2
    | Tup e -> read_rec e
    | Tups ((`Fixed _ | `Dynamic), e1, e2) ->
        seq (read_rec e1) (read_rec e2)
    | Tups (`Variable, e1, e2) ->
        varseq { read = fun t -> read_rec t } e1 e2
    | Conv { inj ; encoding = e } -> conv inj (read_rec e)
    | Describe { encoding = e } -> read_rec e
    | Def { encoding = e } -> read_rec e
    | Splitted { encoding = e } -> read_rec e
    | Union (_, sz, cases) ->
        union { read = fun t -> read_rec t } sz cases
    | Mu (_, _, self) -> fun buf ofs len -> read_rec (self e) buf ofs len
    | Dynamic_size e ->
        let read = read_rec e in
        fun buf ofs len ->
          let ofs, sz = int32 buf ofs len in
          let sz = Int32.to_int sz in
          if sz < 0 then raise (Invalid_size sz);
          read buf ofs sz
    | Delayed f -> read_rec (f ())

  let read t buf ofs len =
    try Some (read_rec t buf ofs len)
    with _ -> None
  let write = write
  let of_bytes_exn ty buf =
    let len = MBytes.length buf in
    let read_len, r = read_rec ty buf 0 len in
    if read_len <> len then
      failwith "Data_encoding.Binary.of_bytes_exn: remainig data" ;
    r
  let of_bytes ty buf =
    try Some (of_bytes_exn ty buf)
    with _ -> None
  let to_bytes = to_bytes

  let length = length

  let fixed_length e =
    match classify e with
    | `Fixed n -> Some n
    | `Dynamic | `Variable -> None
  let fixed_length_exn e =
    match fixed_length e with
    | Some n -> n
    | None -> invalid_arg "Data_encoding.Binary.fixed_length_exn"


  (* Facilities to decode streams of binary data *)

  type 'a status =
    | Success of { res : 'a ; res_len : int ; remaining : MBytes.t list }
    | Await of (MBytes.t -> 'a status)
    | Error

  module Stream_reader = struct

    (* used as a zipper to code the function read_checker with the
       ability to stop and wait for more data. In 'P_seq' case, data
       length is parameterized by the current offset. Hence, it's a
       function 'fun_data_len'. For the 'P_list' case, we store the
       base offset (before starting reading the elements) and the
       number of elements that have been read so far. *)
    type path =
      | P_top : path
      | P_await : { path : path ; encoding : 'a t ; data_len : int } -> path
      | P_seq : { path : path ; encoding : 'a t ;
                  fun_data_len : int -> int } -> path
      | P_list : { path:path ; encoding:'a t ; data_len : int ;
                   base_ofs : int ; nb_elts_read : int } -> path

    (* used to accumulate given mbytes when reading a list of blocks,
       as well as the current offset and the number of unread bytes *)
    type mbytes_stream = {
      past : MBytes.t Queue.t ; (* data that have been entirely read *)
      future : (MBytes.t * int) Queue.t ; (* data that are not (fully) read *)
      mutable past_len : int ; (*length of concatenation of data in 'past'*)
      mutable unread : int ;  (*number of cells that are unread in 'future'*)
      ofs : int (*current absolute offset wrt to concatenation past @ future*)
    }

    (* exception raised when additional mbytes are needed to continue
       decoding *)
    exception Need_more_data

    (* read a data that is stored in may Mbytes *)
    let read_from_many_blocks reader buf ofs d_ofs =
      let tmp = MBytes.create d_ofs in (*we will merge data in this mbyte*)
      let r = ref d_ofs in (*to count the cells to be read*)
      let rel_ofs = ref ofs in (*= ofs for first mbyte, 0 for others*)
      while !r > 0 do
        assert (not (Queue.is_empty buf.future)) ;
        let b, len_b = Queue.peek buf.future in (*take the next mbyte*)
        let len_chunk = len_b - !rel_ofs in (*the number of cells to read*)
        if !r >= len_chunk then
          begin (*copy b in 'past' if it is read entirely*)
            ignore (Queue.pop buf.future) ;
            Queue.push b buf.past ;
            buf.past_len <- buf.past_len + len_b ;
          end ;
        (* copy (min !r len_chunk) data from b to tmp *)
        MBytes.blit b !rel_ofs tmp (d_ofs - !r) (min !r len_chunk) ;
        r := !r - len_chunk ; (* len_chunk data read during this round*)
        rel_ofs := 0 ; (*next mbytes will be read starting from zero*)
      done ;
      reader tmp 0 d_ofs


    (* generic function that reads data from an mbytes_stream. It is
       parameterized by a function "reader" that effectively reads the
       data *)
    let generic_read_data delta_ofs reader buf =
      let absolute_ofs  = buf.ofs in
      if buf.unread < delta_ofs then (*not enough data*)
        raise Need_more_data ;
      if delta_ofs = 0 then (*we'll read nothing*)
        buf, reader (MBytes.create 0) 0 0
      else
        let new_ofs = absolute_ofs + delta_ofs in
        let ofs = absolute_ofs - buf.past_len in (*relative ofs wrt 'future'*)
        buf.unread <- buf.unread-delta_ofs ; (*'delta_ofs' cells will be read*)
        assert (not (Queue.is_empty buf.future)) ; (*we have some data to read*)
        let b, len_b = Queue.peek buf.future in
        let buf = { buf with ofs = new_ofs } in
        if ofs + delta_ofs > len_b then
          (*should read data from many mbytes*)
          buf, read_from_many_blocks reader buf ofs delta_ofs
        else
          begin
            if ofs + delta_ofs = len_b then
              begin (*the rest of b will be entirely read. Put it in 'past'*)
                ignore (Queue.pop buf.future) ;
                Queue.push b buf.past ;
                buf.past_len <- buf.past_len + len_b ;
              end ;
            buf, reader b ofs delta_ofs
          end


    (* functions that try to read data from a given mbytes_stream,
       or raise Need_more_data *)

    let int8 buf =
      generic_read_data Size.int8 (fun x y _ -> MBytes.get_int8 x y) buf

    let uint8 buf =
      generic_read_data Size.uint8 (fun x y _ -> MBytes.get_uint8 x y) buf

    let char buf =
      let buf, v = int8 buf in
      buf, Char.chr v

    let bool buf =
      let buf, v = int8 buf in
      buf, v <> 0

    let int16 buf =
      generic_read_data Size.int16 (fun x y _ -> MBytes.get_int16 x y) buf

    let uint16 buf =
      generic_read_data Size.uint16 (fun x y _ -> MBytes.get_uint16 x y) buf

    let uint30 buf =
      generic_read_data Size.uint30
        (fun x y _ ->
           let v = Int32.to_int (MBytes.get_int32 x y) in
           if v < 0 then
             failwith "Data_encoding.Binary.Reader.uint30: invalid data." ;
           v) buf

    let int31 buf =
      generic_read_data Size.int31
        (fun x y _ -> Int32.to_int (MBytes.get_int32 x y)) buf

    let int32 buf =
      generic_read_data Size.int32 (fun x y _ -> MBytes.get_int32 x y) buf

    let int64 buf =
      generic_read_data Size.int64 (fun x y _ -> MBytes.get_int64 x y) buf

    (** read a float64 (double) **)
    let float buf =
      (*Here, float means float64, which is read using MBytes.get_double !!*)
      generic_read_data Size.float (fun x y _ -> MBytes.get_double x y) buf

    let fixed_length_bytes length buf =
      generic_read_data length MBytes.sub buf

    let fixed_length_string length buf =
      generic_read_data length MBytes.substring buf

    let read_tag = function
      | `Uint8 -> uint8
      | `Uint16 -> uint16

    (* auxiliary function: computing size of data in branches
       Objs(`Variable) and Tups(`Variable) *)
    let varseq_lengths e1 e2 ofs len = match classify e1, classify e2 with
      | (`Dynamic | `Fixed _), `Variable -> len, (fun ofs' -> len - ofs' + ofs)
      | `Variable, `Fixed n -> (len - n), (fun _ -> n)
      | _ -> assert false (* Should be rejected by Kind.combine *)


    (* adaptation of function read_rec to check binary data
       incrementally.  The function takes (and returns) a 'path' (for
       incrementality), and 'mbytes_stream' *)
    let rec data_checker
      : type a.
        path -> a encoding -> mbytes_stream -> int ->
        path * mbytes_stream =
      fun path e buf len ->
        (*length of data with `Variable kind should be given by the caller*)
        assert (classify e != `Variable || len >= 0) ;
        try match e.encoding with
          | Null   -> next_path path buf
          | Empty  -> next_path path buf
          | Constant _ -> next_path path buf
          | Ignore -> next_path path { buf with ofs = buf.ofs + len }
          | Bool   -> next_path path (fst (bool   buf))
          | Int8   -> next_path path (fst (int8   buf))
          | Uint8  -> next_path path (fst (uint8  buf))
          | Int16  -> next_path path (fst (int16  buf))
          | Uint16 -> next_path path (fst (uint16 buf))
          | Int31  -> next_path path (fst (int31  buf))
          | Int32  -> next_path path (fst (int32  buf))
          | Int64  -> next_path path (fst (int64  buf))
          | RangedInt { minimum ; maximum }  ->
              let (stream, ranged) =
                match range_to_size ~minimum ~maximum with
                | `Int8 -> int8 buf
                | `Int16 -> int16 buf
                | `Int31 -> int31 buf
                | `Uint8 -> uint8 buf
                | `Uint16 -> uint16 buf
                | `Uint30 -> uint30 buf in
              let ranged = if minimum > 0 then ranged + minimum else ranged in
              assert (minimum < ranged && ranged < maximum) ;
              next_path path stream
          | Float  -> next_path path (fst (float buf))
          | RangedFloat { minimum ; maximum } ->
              let stream, float = float buf in
              assert (minimum < float && maximum > float) ;
              next_path path stream
          | Bytes (`Fixed n) ->
              next_path path (fst (fixed_length_bytes n buf))

          | String (`Fixed n) ->
              next_path path (fst (fixed_length_string n buf))

          | Bytes `Variable ->
              next_path path (fst (fixed_length_bytes len buf))

          | String `Variable ->
              next_path path (fst (fixed_length_string len buf))

          | String_enum (_, arr) ->
              next_path path
                (match enum_size arr with
                 | `Uint8 -> fst @@ uint8 buf
                 | `Uint16 -> fst @@ uint16 buf
                 | `Uint30 -> fst @@ uint30 buf)

          | Array e ->
              let p = P_list { path ; encoding = e ; base_ofs = buf.ofs ;
                               data_len = len ; nb_elts_read = 0 } in
              next_path p buf

          | List e ->
              let p = P_list { path ; encoding = e ; base_ofs = buf.ofs ;
                               data_len = len ; nb_elts_read = 0 } in
              next_path p buf

          | Obj (Req (_, e)) -> data_checker path e buf len

          | Obj (Opt (`Dynamic, _, e)) ->
              let buf, v = int8 buf in
              if v = 0 then next_path path buf
              else data_checker path e buf (len - Size.int8)

          | Obj (Opt (`Variable, _, e)) ->
              if len = 0 then next_path path buf
              else data_checker path e buf len

          | Obj (Dft (_, e, _)) -> data_checker path e buf len

          | Objs ((`Fixed _ | `Dynamic), e1, e2) ->
              let f_len2 ofs' = len - (ofs' - buf.ofs) in
              let path =
                P_seq { path ; encoding = e2 ; fun_data_len = f_len2 } in
              data_checker path e1 buf len

          | Objs (`Variable, e1, e2) ->
              let len1, f_len2 = varseq_lengths e1 e2 buf.ofs len in
              let path =
                P_seq { path ; encoding = e2 ; fun_data_len = f_len2 } in
              data_checker path e1 buf len1

          | Tup e -> data_checker path e buf len

          | Tups ((`Fixed _ | `Dynamic), e1, e2) ->
              let f_len2 ofs' = len - (ofs' - buf.ofs) in
              let path =
                P_seq { path ; encoding = e2 ; fun_data_len = f_len2 } in
              data_checker path e1 buf len

          | Tups (`Variable, e1, e2) ->
              let len1, f_len2 = varseq_lengths e1 e2 buf.ofs len in
              let path =
                P_seq { path ; encoding = e2 ; fun_data_len = f_len2 } in
              data_checker path e1 buf len1

          | Conv { encoding = e } -> data_checker path e buf len

          | Describe { encoding = e } -> data_checker path e buf len

          | Def { encoding = e } -> data_checker path e buf len

          | Splitted { encoding = e } -> data_checker path e buf len

          | Mu (_, _, self) -> data_checker path (self e) buf len

          | Union (_, sz, cases) ->
              let buf, ctag = read_tag sz buf in
              let opt =
                List.fold_left
                  (fun acc c -> match c with
                     | (Case { encoding ; tag = Tag tag })
                       when tag == ctag ->
                         assert (acc == None) ;
                         Some (data_checker path encoding buf)
                     | _ -> acc
                  )None cases
              in
              begin match opt with
                | None -> raise (Unexpected_tag ctag)
                | Some func -> func (len - (tag_size sz))
              end

          | Dynamic_size e ->
              let buf, sz = int32 buf in
              let sz = Int32.to_int sz in
              if sz < 0 then raise (Invalid_size sz) ;
              data_checker path e buf sz

          | Delayed f -> data_checker path (f ()) buf len

        with Need_more_data ->
          P_await { path ; encoding = e ; data_len = len }, buf

    and next_path : path -> mbytes_stream -> path * mbytes_stream =
      fun path buf ->
        match path with
        | P_top ->
            P_top, buf (* success case *)

        | P_seq { path ; encoding ; fun_data_len } ->
            (* check the right branch of a sequence. fun_data_len ofs gives
               the length of the data to read *)
            data_checker path encoding buf (fun_data_len buf.ofs)

        | P_await { path ; encoding ; data_len } ->
            (* resume from an await *)
            data_checker path encoding buf data_len

        | P_list
            ({ path ; encoding ; base_ofs ; data_len ; nb_elts_read } as r) ->
            (* read/check an eventual element of a list *)
            if data_len = buf.ofs - base_ofs then
              (* we've read all the elements of the list *)
              next_path path buf
            else
              begin
                (*some more elements to read*)
                assert (data_len > buf.ofs - base_ofs) ;
                (*check: if we've already read some elements, then currrent ofs
                  should be greater then initial ofs *)
                assert (nb_elts_read <= 0 || buf.ofs - base_ofs > 0) ;
                let path =
                  P_list { r with nb_elts_read = nb_elts_read + 1} in
                data_checker path encoding buf data_len
              end

    let data_checker = next_path

    (* insert a given MBytes.t in a given mbytes_stream *)
    let insert_mbytes mb_buf mb =
      let len = MBytes.length mb in
      if len > 0 then begin
        Queue.push (mb, len) mb_buf.future ;
        mb_buf.unread <- mb_buf.unread + len ;
      end

    (* aux function called when data_checker succeeds: splits a given
       mbytes_stream into a 'read' and 'unread' queues. This may
       modify the content of the given mbytes_stream *)
    let split_mbytes_stream { past_len ; past ; future ; unread ; ofs } =
      let rel_ofs = ofs - past_len in
      assert (rel_ofs >= 0) ;
      if rel_ofs = 0 then past, future (* already done *)
      else begin
        assert (not(Queue.is_empty future)) ; (*because data_checker succeeded*)
        let b, len = Queue.pop future in
        assert (rel_ofs < len) ; (*inv. maintained by read_from_many_blocks*)
        let b1 = MBytes.sub b 0 rel_ofs in (* read part of b *)
        let b2 = MBytes.sub b rel_ofs (len-rel_ofs) in (* unread part of b *)
        Queue.push b1 past ;

        (* push b2 at the beginning of 'future' using Queue.transfer*)
        let tmp = Queue.create() in
        Queue.push (b2, unread) tmp ;
        Queue.transfer future tmp ; (*tmp === b2 ::: future in constant time*)
        past, tmp
      end

    (* given a state, this function returns a new status:
       - if data are successfully checked, accumulated mbytes are
         passed to 'success_result' that computes the final
         result. Unread mbytes are also returned
       - if some more data are needed, a function that waits for some
         additional mbytes is returned
       - eventual errors are reported/returned *)
    let rec bytes_stream_reader_rec (path, mb_buf) success_result =
      let success =
        match path with
        | P_top -> true
        | P_await _ -> false
        | _ -> assert false
      in
      assert (mb_buf.ofs >= mb_buf.past_len) ;
      if success then
        let q_read, q_unread = split_mbytes_stream mb_buf in
        match success_result q_read mb_buf.ofs with
        | Some a ->
            let remaining =
              List.rev @@
              Queue.fold
                (fun acc (b, len) ->
                   if len = 0 then acc else b:: acc) [] q_unread
            in
            Success { res = a ; res_len = mb_buf.ofs ; remaining }
        | None -> Error
        (* success_result may fail because data_checker is
           approximative in some situations *)
      else
        Await
          (fun mb ->
             insert_mbytes mb_buf mb ;
             try
               let state = data_checker path mb_buf in
               bytes_stream_reader_rec state success_result
             with _ -> Error)

    (* This function checks reading a stream of 'MBytes.t' wrt. a given
       encoding:
       - the given data encoding should have a 'Fixed' or a 'Dynamic'
       size, otherwise an error is returned,
       - the function returns an 'Error', a function w
       ('Await w') that waits for more data (Mbytes.t), or
       'Success'. The function is parameterized by 'success_result'
       that computes the data to return in case of success.
       An exception 'Invalid_argument "streaming data with variable
       size"' is raised if the encoding has a variable size *)
    let bytes_stream_reader :
      MBytes.t list -> 'a t ->
      (MBytes.t Queue.t -> int -> 'b option) -> 'b status
      = fun l e success_result ->
        match classify e with
        | `Variable -> invalid_arg "streaming data with variable size"
        | `Fixed _ | `Dynamic ->
            let mb_buf = {
              past   = Queue.create() ; past_len = 0 ;
              future = Queue.create() ; unread = 0; ofs = 0 }
            in
            List.iter (insert_mbytes mb_buf) l ;
            let path =
              P_await { path = P_top ; encoding = e ; data_len = - 1 } in
            try bytes_stream_reader_rec (data_checker path mb_buf) success_result
            with _ -> Error

  end

  (* concats a queue of mbytes into one MByte *)
  let concat_mbyte_chunks queue tot_len =
    if Queue.length queue = 1 then Queue.pop queue (* no copy *)
    else (* copy smaller mbytes into one big mbyte *)
      let buf = MBytes.create tot_len in
      let cpt = ref 0 in
      let tot_len' = ref tot_len in
      while not (Queue.is_empty queue) do
        let mb = Queue.pop queue in
        let len = MBytes.length mb in
        tot_len' := !tot_len' - len ;
        assert (!tot_len' >= 0) ;
        MBytes.blit mb 0 buf !cpt len ;
        cpt := !cpt + len ;
      done ;
      assert (!tot_len' = 0) ;
      buf

  (* Decode a stream of MBytes. see
     Stream_reader.bytes_stream_traversal for more details *)
  let read_stream_of_bytes ?(init=[]) encoding =
    Stream_reader.bytes_stream_reader init encoding
      (fun read_q ofs -> of_bytes encoding (concat_mbyte_chunks read_q ofs))

  (* Check reading a stream of MBytes. see
     Stream_reader.bytes_stream_traversal for more details *)
  let check_stream_of_bytes ?(init=[]) encoding =
    Stream_reader.bytes_stream_reader init encoding (fun _ _ -> Some ())

end