Binary IO

[Simon Marlow]

On 22 April 2005 11:42, Henning Thielemann wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Simon Marlow wrote:
> 
>> Does anyone have any *objections* to introducing
>> 
>>  System.IO.hGetWord8 :: Handle -> IO Word8
>>  System.IO.hPutWord8 :: Word8 -> Handle -> IO Word8
> 
> Sorry, I didn't follow the thread ... what about
>   System.IO.hPutWord8 :: Handle -> Word8 -> IO ()
>    that is, switched argument order and no result

duh, sorry.  Yes, that's the right type.

> Will there be function names without 'h' prefix but qualification in
> future, e.g. System.IO.Binary.Handle.putWord8 ?

I think this is something for the next-generation I/O library.

Cheers,
	Simon