| bam_count | Count BAM records with Bioconductor-compatible filtering |
| bam_read | Fast BAM reading with Bioconductor-compatible arguments |
| decode_compact_qual | Decode compact BamScale quality output |
| decode_compact_seq | Decode compact BamScale sequence output |
| decode_seqqual_compact | Decode compact 'seq' and 'qual' columns in BamScale output |