Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: String vs ByteString

Johan Tibell writes:

Here's a rule of thumb: If you have binary data, use Data.ByteString. If you have text, use Data.Text.

If you have a large amount of mostly ASCII text, use ByteString, since Data.Text uses twice the storage. Also, ByteString might make more sense if the data is in a byte-oriented encoding, and the cost of encoding and decoding utf-16 would be significant. -k -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants