13 Sep
2012
13 Sep
'12
8:11 p.m.
On 13/09/2012 19:24, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
Probably yes, assuming we want to retain the ability to lazily stream responses. Which is very nearly the only raison d'etre of the HTTP package at this point.
Also that it's in the Platform and is kind of needed there for cabal-install.
I'm not particularly keen on removing the overloading as I don't think keeping it costs much for now and I kind of like the idea.
It doesn't cost much, but it also seems to no longer have any benefit, which suggests that it could usefully be dropped.
I view easy switching between lazy and strict bytestrings as a benefit. Ganesh