Encoder refactor, new tests and proper non-file stream handling

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index b428895..53d4c6d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -24,19 +24,13 @@ block-urn-to-reference
 
 
 The eris-encode (INPUT BLOCK-SIZE OUTPUT-FUNCTION &KEY SECRET HASH-OUTPUT)
-function can be used to encode a vector or a stream into an ERIS
-read-capability.
+function can be used to encode a vector, stream or pathname into an ERIS
+read-capability. 
 
 The eris-decode (READ-CAPABILITY FETCH-FUNCTION &KEY (CACHE-CAPACITY 2048))
 function can be used to decode an ERIS read-capability. It returns a stream of
 the class ERIS-DECODE-STREAM: this class implements the Gray streams protocol.
 
-In addition, on POSIX systems, eris-decode-parallel (READ-CAPABILITY
-FETCH-FUNCTION OUTPUT-FILE &KEY (CACHE-CAPACITY 4096) (THREADS 4)
-(INITIAL-BINDINGS *DEFAULT-SPECIAL-BINDINGS*)) function is available. This
-function will attempt to decode an ERIS read-capability in parallel into a file
-specified by the OUTPUT-FILE string or pathspec.
-
 See the docstrings of the specific functions for more details. However, you
 should only use these to write custom backends; otherwise, see below..
 
@@ -48,8 +42,7 @@ fetch-function, caching details, block-size, etc. and the {en/de}coding
 functions simply take the backend as an argument.
 
 This interface consists of two generic functions: store-data, for encoding data,
-and fetch-read-capability, for retrieving the contents of a read-capability
-object.
+and fetch-data, for retrieving the contents from a read-capability object.
 
 As an example, a file-based backend called file-backend is provided. It can be
 used simply by making an instance of the 'file-backend class with a :directory