late-planets-breathe

Removed getStringCodec in favour of fixCodecSize and addCodecSizePrefix

The getStringCodec function now always returns a VariableSizeCodec that uses as many bytes as necessary to encode and/or decode strings. In order to fix or prefix the size of a getStringCodec, you may now use the fixCodecSize or prefixCodecSide accordingly. Here are some examples:

// Before.
getStringCodec({ size: 'variable' }); // Variable.
getStringCodec({ encoding: getUtf8Codec(), size: 'variable' }); // Variable (equivalent).
getStringCodec({ size: 5 }); // Fixed.
getStringCodec({ encoding: getUtf8Codec(), size: 5 }); // Fixed (equivalent).
getStringCodec(); // Prefixed.
getStringCodec({ encoding: getUtf8Codec(), size: getU32Codec() }); // Prefixed (equivalent).

// After.
getUtf8Codec(); // Variable.
fixCodecSize(getUtf8Codec(), 5); // Fixed.
addCodecSizePrefix(getUtf8Codec(), getU32Codec()); // Prefixed.