11 Apr
2010
11 Apr
'10
11:15 a.m.
On 11 April 2010 15:42, Daniel Fischer
When dealing with short strings, in my experience there are rarely compelling reasons to choose one over the other.
Hi Daniel Thanks - I was slightly surprised at the results in the paper because the 'cons' test for was equal, I thought bytestrings have to do a bit more work for a 'cons' - looking at the code lazy bytestring uses one constructor and a bit of C memory poking, which is the C memory poking more than I'd expect the [Char] version to do. The only 'determinant' I've found for choosing which type for short strings is if I'm using a library that forces one or the other on me, otherwise I'm swayed by the simplicity of [Char]. Best wishes Stephen