[Haskell-cafe] dropSpace not exported in ByteString

[Bulat Ziganshin]

Hello Duncan,

Friday, November 16, 2007, 2:43:05 PM, you wrote:

> Alternatively, someone should make the case for why it should be added
> to bytestring but not list.

the reason is very simple - FPS lib is upgradeable, so there is no
problems if its various versions are not compatible with each other.
adding anything to base library is a nightmare, meaning that
programs that use this new functionality, will be compatible only with
GHC HEAD in the next 0-12 months

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 Bulat                            mailto:Bulat.Ziganshin at gmail.com