   # `this` object.
   skip: (length, @_callback) ->
     # Create a bogus pattern to enter the parse loop where the stream is fed in
-    # the skipping branch. The length is passed to the callback simply because
-    # the parse loop expects there to be a field.
+    # the skipping branch.
     @_pattern      = [ {} ]
     @_terminated   = true
     @_index        = 0

            @_value[@_offset] = b
            @_offset += @_increment
            break if @_offset is @_terminal
            return @_bytesRead - start if offset is end

        # Otherwise we're packing bytes into an unsigned integer, the most
        # common case.

        @_nextValue()

      # Otherwise, we've got a complete field value, either a JavaScript
      # primitive or raw bytes as an array.
      else

        # If we're not skipping, push the field value after running it through
        # the pipeline.
        if field.endianness isnt "x"

          # If the field is a bit packed field, unpack the values and push them
          # onto the field list.
          if packing = field.packing
            length  = field.bits
            for pack, i in packing
