Codec 1.0

[Simon Marlow]

On 12 January 2005 19:45, Dominic Steinitz wrote:

> Simon Marlow wrote:
>> What's a LargeWord?
>> 
> For example, the keys for for encryption algorithms are words of 128,
> 192, 256 bits. They are composed from smaller words.
> 
> type Word128 = LargeKey Word64 Word64
> type Word192 = LargeKey Word64 Word128
> type Word256 = LargeKey Word64 Word192

Data.LargeWord seems reasonable, then.  We probably don't want these in
Data.Word.  Do they support the full range of operations and instances?

Cheers,
	Simon