Marc Weber wrote:
On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 10:41:57PM -0500, wren ng thornton wrote:
Marc Weber wrote:
Should there be two versions? hslogger-bytestring and hslogger-string? I'd just stick with one (with a module for hiding the conversions, as desired). Duplicating the code introduces too much room for maintenance and compatibility issues.
That's the big thing. The more people that use ByteStrings the less need there is to convert when combining libraries. That said, ByteStrings aren't a panacea; lists and laziness are very useful.
Hi wren,
In the second paragraph you agree that there will be less onversion when using only one type of strings.
Incidentally, I already wrote a library that abstracts the difference between a String and a ByteString: ListLike. I don't think anybody, including me, even uses it now. Turns out that's not all that helpful an abstraction to make ;-) -- John