Glynn Clements writes:
David Menendez wrote:
I'd like to see the following:
- Duplicate the IO library. The duplicate should work with [Byte] everywhere where the old library uses String. Byte is some suitable unsigned integer, on most (all?) platforms this will be Word8
- Provide an explicit conversion between encodings. A simple conversion of type [Word8] -> String would suit me, iconv would provide all that is needed.
I like this idea, but I say there should be a bit-oriented layer beneath everything.
The byte stream is inherent, as that's (usually) what the OS gives you. Everything else is synthesised.
I was unclear. I meant the bit layer would be beneath everything
conceptually. On today's machines, it would be implemented in terms of a
byte stream and the "conversion" to the byte stream type would get
compiled away.
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David Menendez