On 17/03/12 11:44, Greg Weber wrote:
the text library and Text data type have shown the worth in real world Haskell usage with GHC. I try to avoid String whenever possible, but I still have to deal with conversions and other issues. There is a lot of real work to be done to convert away from [Char], but I think we need to take it out of the language definition as a first step.
I can only see one issue with the proposal: it can be convenient to operate on a list of characters. But I think there are plenty of solutions at our disposal. A simple conversion from Text to a list of characters might suffice. In GHC, OverloadedStrings means users would still be free to use String the same way they are now.
_______________________________________________ Haskell-prime mailing list Haskell-prime@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime Do you know if there is a good write-up of the benefits of Data.Text over String? I'm aware of the advantages just by my own usage; hoping someone has documented it rather than in our heads.
-- Tony Morris http://tmorris.net/