Binary IO

[Ketil Malde]

John Meacham <john at repetae.net> writes:

>>   System.IO.hGetWord8 :: Handle -> IO Word8
>>   System.IO.hPutWord8 :: Word8 -> Handle -> IO Word8

> Sounds good to me. can we please also add

> readBinaryFile :: String -> IO [Word8]
> writeBinaryFile :: String -> [Word8] -> IO ()

Or even:

   System.IO.Word8.(readFile|writeFile...)

I.e. reusing the current Char IO interface for the Word8 type.

Oh well, maybe not.

-kzm
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