Re: binary files in haskell

[Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk]

On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Stefan Karrmann wrote:

> > type Byte = Word8
> 
> I would prefer
> 
> type Octet = Word8
> 
> to emphasise that the functions really uses 8 bits.

I would define Byte as something different on an architecture where the
basic file unit is not 8 bits. It's like char in C.

-- 
Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk


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