On 14 October 2011 12:58, Christian Maeder
Would it not be simple to use a newtype for ByteString (rather than a synonym)?
My "vision" for the future of bytestring and vector-bytestring is that they will be replaced by vector directly. This way users don't have to think about choosing between bytestring and vector and can go to vector directly to work with Word8 vectors or interface with foreign libraries. This would mean moving some (bytestring only) functions from vector-bytestring to vector like mapAccumL/R, create, createAndTrim, etc. and generalizing them from Word8s to any Storable. So in my vision there's no ByteString type anymore, just Vectors. The vector-bytestring package is meant to make the transition smoother. If there's need for a specific Show instance for Vectors of Word8s we can always add one directly to vector. (Roman, what are your thoughts on this?) Bas