I am getting a collision with "Internal" .... sigh.
vasili On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Duncan Coutts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 17:43 -0600, Galchin, Vasili wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Some mention is made in corresponding web pages about > > implementation difference of these three different DataString impl. > > Any advice? > > Perhaps you need to ask a more specific question. > > Data.ByteString is a simple strict sequence of bytes (as Word8). That > means the whole thing is in memory at once in one big block. > > Data.ByteString.Char8 provides the same type as Data.ByteString but the > operations are in terms of 8-bit Chars. This is for use in files and > protocols that contain ASCII as a subset. This is particularly useful > for protocols containing mixed text and binary content. It should not be > used instead of proper Unicode. > > > Data.ByteString.Lazy is a different representation. As the name > suggests, it's lazy like a lazy list. So like a list the whole thing > does not need to be in memory if it can be processed incrementally. It > supports lazy IO, like getContents does for String. It is particularly > useful for handling long or unbounded streams of data in a pure style. > > Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 is the Char8 equivalent. > > Duncan > >
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