Re: [Haskell-cafe] Array, Vector, Bytestring

That's absolutely true. Wrappers around vector for your multidimensional access is probably best, but Vectors of Vectors are usually easier. But again, you're right. Multidimensional access is a pain. If it's a "matrix" of numerical values, you could take a look at 'hmatrix'. - Clark On Monday, June 3, 2013, Jason Dagit wrote:

On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Clark Gaebel javascript:;> wrote:

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How is this a problem?

If you're representing text, use 'text'. If you're representing a string of bytes, use 'bytestring'. If you want an "array" of values, think c++ and use 'vector'. If you want to mutate arrays, first, make sure you do. You probably don't. If you're sure, use MVector.

Don't use String, except to interface with legacy code. You probably want 'text'. Don't use Array. Anything it can be used for, can be done with 'vector'.

You have to build multidimensional accessors for vector yourself. Array supports them out of the box. I still prefer vector, but it's only fair to note that multidimensional data is a weak spot of vector.

Jason