On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Simon Marlow <marlo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 15/07/2010 23:53, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Don Stewart <d...@galois.com >> <mailto:d...@galois.com>> wrote: >> >> Things we might realistically propose to add for 2011.1 >> >> New capabilities: >> * Binary parsing: binary + cereal ? >> >> >> Why both? Their parallel existence and purpose is already confusing, >> without blessing the two :-) >> > > Right, if there are are two competing libraries and it's not clear which > one is best, that's a sign that we shouldn't put either in the platform > until the differences are resolved. Fight it out and get back to us when > you have an answer :-) Lennart has added a continuation based interface, on top of which the current lazy interface is implemented. The continuation based interface supports a strict interface, with error checking. Whenever that interface is released binary should subsume cereal. > * Unicode: text >> >> Abstain :-) I will observe that it needs a tiny bit more API >> stabilisation, but that's almost done. >> > > +1 > I want to see this in HP too but I'll wait until Bryan thinks it's ready. > > * Vectors: vector >> >> Definitely want. >> > > +1 > +1
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