2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

M src/Bare.php
M tests/PrimitivesTest.php

@@ 4,6 4,18 @@ namespace BareMess;
 
 class Bare
 {
+    public static function construct(& $mess, $startingValue)
+    {
+        switch(gettype($startingValue)) {
+            case 'string': // string
+                // TODO: Use uint for string's length.
+                $length = (new U8($mess))->get();
+                $val = substr($mess, 0, $length);
+                $mess = substr($mess, $length);
+                return $val;
+        };
+    }
+
     public static function mess($value): string
     {
         switch(gettype($value)) {

@@ 2,6 2,7 @@
 
 namespace BareMess\Tests;
 
+use BareMess\Bare;
 use BareMess\Example\PublicKey;
 use BareMess\{I8,I16,I32,I64};
 use BareMess\{U8,U16,U32,U64};


@@ 57,6 58,20 @@ class PrimitivesTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertEquals("\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF", $i64->mess());
     }
 
+    public function testString()
+    {
+        $mess = chr(5) . "hello" . chr(7) . " world!";
+        $string1 = Bare::construct($mess, '');
+        $string2 = Bare::construct($mess, '');
+        $this->assertEquals("", $mess);
+        $this->assertEquals("hello", $string1);
+        $this->assertEquals(" world!", $string2);
+        $mess = Bare::mess($string1, '');
+        $mess .= Bare::mess($string2, '');
+        $this->assertEquals(chr(5) . "hello" . chr(7) . " world!", $mess);
+        // TODO: Test strings longer than 127 characters
+    }
+
     public function testUs()
     {
         $u8 = new U8();