Abraham Egnor wrote: > Passing a Ptr isn't that onerous; it's easy enough to make functions > that have the signature you'd like: > > import System.IO > import Data.Word (Word8) > import Foreign.Marshal.Array > > hPutBytes :: Handle -> [Word8] -> IO () > hPutBytes h ws = withArray ws $ \p -> hPutBuf h p $ length ws > > hGetBytes :: Handle -> Int -> IO [Word8] > hGetBytes h c = allocaArray c $ \p -> > do c' <- hGetBuf h p c > peekArray c' p
The problem with this approach is that the entire array has to be held in memory, which could be an issue if the amount of data involved is large. -- Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
