Einar Karttunen writes: >> Well, I certainly _do_ need [a representation of network >> addresses in Haskell].
> You can certainly get it: > getHost mySocketAddress niNumerichost > getServ mySocketAddress niNumericserv Um, yes, but 'String' isn't a very good representation for manipulating network addresses, IMHO. >> [URIs might be the answer] > But what URI should represent e.g. unix datagram sockets? I don't think it's worth even trying to hide both stream- and packet-oriented services behind the same API. These are completely different things, treated them differently is fine, IMHO. Peter _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell