Hello Simon, Friday, April 28, 2006, 1:34:05 PM, you wrote:
Bulat Ziganshin wrote:
sorry for repetition, but ByteString library in its current state still don't replaces PackedString in functionality, because it don't support full Unicode range of chars
That's true, but frankly the current Data.PackedString is subsumed by [Char], so there's no good reason to keep it. I'll stop saying that Data.ByteString is replacing Data.PackedString to avoid confusion.
this module may be used by someone, though... as i already said, you can with the same success omit any other modules that is also not replaced by ByteString - what is the difference?
Would you like to write a Data.ByteString.UTF8 to fill the gap?
no, at least now. btw, i have my own private simple module that is called UTF8Z because it don't store length but uses 0 byte at the end of string. but this module omits any functionality except for pack/unpack. on the other side, it's representation is most compact among the all modules i've seen -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:Bulat.Ziganshin@gmail.com