Octet

An Octet is an immutable type that represents 8 bits, or a byte and provides bit-manipulation operators.

In most cases, Octet can be directly used in place of a byte as there are implicit conversions to and from a byte. There are also explicit conversions to and from int. The latter is explicit because there is potentially data loss, so use with care.

Note that conversion from uint has been deprecated because uint is not CLS Compliant, which can cause issues with other languages.

In an Octet, each bit position is directly addressable as an array element. You can access octet[0] through octet[7] to read bit values.

You can set a bit with octet.WithBitSet(n). You can clear a bit with octet.WithBitClear(n).

Remember Octet is immutable so this gives you a new Octet and leaves the original unchanged.

You can perform logical bitwise operations using the & anf | operators. You can test octets for equality and compare them using ==, !=, >, \<, etc.