| pointer to the actual data somewhere in memory and use that. This is | more or less what happens for strings at the moment, even though you | have to use rewrite rules to get at the pointer which, in my opinion, is | neither ideal nor really necessary. IMO, the "right" design shouldn't | rely on rewrite rules. Also, strings give you an Addr# whereas vector | supports ByteArray#, too.
If it's not necessary, I wonder if you have an idea for the "right" design? I find it a lot easier to see what is wrong with the current situation than to think of solutions. Simon _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
