--- On Thu, 6/3/10, Daniel Fischer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Perhaps Data.ByteString[.Lazy].UTF8 is an even better
> choice than Data.Text (depends on what you do).
I thought that I had the differences between the three libraries figured out
but I guess not now from what you say.
I had thought that String was a simple but memory inefficient model, that Text
was for, well text, and that bytestrings were for binary data (eg. images,
audio files and applications that required a true view on each text byte).
So why is there a UTF8 implementation for bytestrings? Does that not duplicate
what Text is trying to do? If so, why the duplication? When is each library
more appropriate?
Kevin
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