byteparsing

• Read binary OpenFOAM files
• Uses memory mapping for efficient access
• Parser/combinator library for writing mixed ascii/binary parsers

The main aim of this package is to read and alter OpenFOAM binary files. These files are a mixed form of a ASCII based C syntax with binary blobs of data intermixed. Byteparsing uses memory mapping for efficient access with Numpy.
Byteparsing builds on a parser-combinator stack that can be adapted for other file types as well. An example is included for PLY (3D polygon data) files.