Glynn Clements writes: > > David Menendez wrote: > > > > I'd like to see the following: > > > > > > - Duplicate the IO library. The duplicate should work with [Byte] > > > everywhere where the old library uses String. Byte is some > > > suitable unsigned integer, on most (all?) platforms this will be > > > Word8 > > > > > > - Provide an explicit conversion between encodings. A simple > > > conversion of type [Word8] -> String would suit me, iconv would > > > provide all that is needed. > > > > I like this idea, but I say there should be a bit-oriented layer > > beneath everything. > > The byte stream is inherent, as that's (usually) what the OS gives > you. Everything else is synthesised.
I was unclear. I meant the bit layer would be beneath everything conceptually. On today's machines, it would be implemented in terms of a byte stream and the "conversion" to the byte stream type would get compiled away. -- David Menendez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.eyrie.org/~zednenem/> _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
