
On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 04:36:13AM +0100, Duncan Coutts wrote:
The smallest possible would be 2 words overhead by just using a ByteArray#, but that sacrifices O(1) substring which is pretty important for a functional style.
Not necessarily the minimum! data String = S0 | S1 Word | S2 Word | S3 Word | S4 Word | S5 Word Word | S6 Word Word | S7 Word Word | S8 Word Word | S9 Word Word Word | S10 Word Word Word | S11 Word Word Word | S12 Word Word Word | S13 Word Word Word Word | S14 Word Word Word Word | S15 Word Word Word Word | S16 Word Word Word Word | S17 Word Word Word Word Word | S18 Word Word Word Word Word | S19 Word Word Word Word Word | S20 Word Word Word Word Word | SLong ByteArray# Stefan