Use reverse_bits intrinsic based on feature

.travis.yml

@@ -1,2 +1,14 @@
 language: rust
-rust: stable
+
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - rust: nightly
+      env: FEATURES=reverse_bits
+    - rust: nightly
+      env: FEATURES=''
+    - rust: stable
+    - rust: beta
+
+script:
+  - cargo build --features "$FEATURES"
+  - cargo bench --features "$FEATURES"

Cargo.toml

@@ -13,3 +13,9 @@ categories = ["data-structures"]
 [dependencies]
 num-traits = "0.2.1"
 serde = { version="1.0", features=["derive"], optional=true }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+rand = "0.5.0"
+
+[features]
+reverse_bits = []

benches/vob.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#![feature(test)]
+
+extern crate vob;
+extern crate test;
+extern crate rand;
+
+use rand::Rng;
+use test::Bencher;
+use vob::*;
+
+
+#[bench]
+fn from_bytes(b: &mut Bencher) {
+    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+    let mut source = [0u8; 1024];
+    rng.fill(&mut source);
+
+    b.iter(|| {
+        Vob::from_bytes(&source)
+    });
+}

src/lib.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![cfg_attr(feature = "reverse_bits", feature(reverse_bits))]
 // Copyright (c) 2018 King's College London created by the Software Development Team
 // <http://soft-dev.org/>
 //
@@ -160,6 +161,9 @@ impl Vob<usize> {
     /// Create a Vob from a `u8` slice. The most significant bit of each byte comes first in the
     /// resulting Vob.
     ///
+    /// If the optional feature `reverse_bits` is enabled (and you're running nightly)
+    /// it will use the new `reverse_bits` method.
+    ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```
@@ -186,12 +190,21 @@ impl Vob<usize> {
                     continue;
                 }
                 let b = slice[off];
-                if b != 0 {
-                    let mut rb: u8 = 0; // the byte b with its bits in reverse order
-                    for k in 0..8 {
-                        rb |= ((b >> k) & 1) << (8 - k - 1);
+                #[cfg(not(feature = "reverse_bits"))]
+                {
+                    if b != 0 {
+                        {
+                            let mut rb: u8 = 0; // the byte b with its bits in reverse order
+                            for k in 0..8 {
+                                rb |= ((b >> k) & 1) << (8 - k - 1);
+                            }
+                            w |= (rb as usize) << (j * 8);
+                        }
                     }
-                    w |= (rb as usize) << (j * 8);
+                }
+                #[cfg(feature = "reverse_bits")]
+                {
+                    w |= (b.reverse_bits() as usize) << (j * 8);
                 }
             }
             v.vec.push(w);