8 Sep
2010
8 Sep
'10
5:12 a.m.
2010/9/8 Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>:
I'm afraid not. The TextEncoding type ties encoding and decoding together, when in pure code you need just one or the other. The TextEncoding design is fine for read/write Handles, where you may need both, but it does not make sense for pure code, where the current API provided by text is more appropriate.
I don't see how this is related to purity. I can't believe that it is not possible to design single coherent API suitable for both purposes.