String / byte conversion

String to Bytes and Bytes to String are two registered processes for binary data carried in score strings.

String to Bytes accepts a string on String and emits a list of integers from 0 to 255 on Bytes, one per raw byte. Bytes to String performs the inverse conversion. These are byte conversions, not Unicode-codepoint conversions: UTF-8 characters can occupy several bytes, and embedded NUL bytes are preserved. Neither process validates UTF-8.

Max bytes limits the accepted size, with a hard ceiling of 1,048,576 bytes. Bytes to String rejects noninteger elements and integers outside 0–255 rather than clipping them. Use the Error outlet to diagnose invalid input. Changing the size limit does not replay the last input.

For structured JSON, CBOR or typed binary records, use Serialize and Deserialize.

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