sven.panne: > On Monday 10 September 2007 19:50, Thomas Schilling wrote: > > [...] > > instance Binary MP3 where > > get = MP3 <$> getHeader <*> getData -- [*] > > where getHeader = do magic <- getWord32le > > case magic of > > ... > > Of course this works in the sense that "it compiles", but Binary is > conceptually the wrong class to use.
I wouldn't go as far as saying `wrong', for protocol-specific data types it seems reasonable for the Haskell serialisation to use an agreed-upon external format, via a Binary instance. It's cute, anyway. -- Don _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
