Proposal: add ByteString support to unix:System.Posix.IO API

[Ganesh Sittampalam]

Hi,

On 01/03/2011 06:35, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
> Well, wait. That paragraph portion seems to confuse things. At the 
> very least, it confuses me, because I surely didn't suggest using 
> concat, as that would be silly. I want to see four entry points for 
> writing:
>
> fdWrite :: Strict.ByteString -> IO Int
> fdWriteAll :: Strict.ByteString -> IO ()
> fdWritev :: [Strict.ByteString] -> IO Int -- turn the list into an 
> iovec, then call writev
> fdWritevAll :: [Strict.ByteString] -> IO ()
>
> People would normally use the 'All' variants, but there are times when 
> you really do want to know if you've performed a short write so that 
> you can handle it yourself.
>
What's the practical difference between a (lazy) list of strict 
bytestrings and a lazy bytestring?

Cheers,

Ganesh