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

[Gábor Lehel]

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Brandon S Allbery KF8NH
<allbery.b at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 3/2/11 21:38 , wren ng thornton wrote:
>> But that does raise the issue: if we are to (eventually) remove the string
>> versions and put the bytestring versions in situ, then how should the
>> migration proceed? I'd suggest putting the functions in
>> System.Posix.IO.ByteString for the interim; this has the benefit that I
>> could release a compatibility library allowing people to upgrade without
>> changing their GHC, if need be.
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> It occurs to me that, if we're going to remove String versions, it should
> happen everywhere and in a coordinated way.

What is the benefit from removing String versions (as opposed to just
adding ByteString (and/or Text) ones alongside them)?


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