[Haskell-cafe] Attoparsec.ByteString.Char8 or Attoparsec.ByteString for diff output?

[Li-yao Xia]

You should probably use `Data.Attoparsec.ByteString`. Both let you do 
the same thing, but `Char8` just uses the wrong type (Chars 
['\0'..'\255'] to represent bytes, i.e. Word8).

On 2023-02-17 5:32 PM, Pedro B. wrote:
> Dear Listers,
>
> I am developing a program to parse dif output taken from stdin (as in 
> diff file1 file2 | myApp) or from a file. I am reading  the input as 
> ByteString in either case and I am parsing it Attoparsec. My question 
> is, Should I use Data.Attoparsec.ByteString.Char8  or 
> Data.Attoparsec.ByteString?
>
> So far, I've been  using Data.Attoparsec.ByteString.Char8  and it 
> works for my sample files, which are in utf8 or, latin1, or the 
> default Windows encoding.
>
> What do you suggest?
>
> Note: I sent this question previously to the beginners list, but 
> someone suggested to me privately to send it to this  list.
> Regards,
>
> Pedro Borges
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