Bug#947924: ITP: haskell-bytestring -- Fast, compact, strict and lazy byte strings with a list interface

[Mike Gabriel]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel at das-netzwerkteam.de>

* Package name    : haskell-bytestring
  Version         : 0.10.10.0
  Upstream Author : Duncan Coutts <duncan at community.haskell.org>
* URL             : https://hackage.haskell.org/package/bytestring
* License         : BSD-3
  Programming Lang: Haskell
  Description     : Fast, compact, strict and lazy byte strings with a list interface

 An efficient compact, immutable byte string type (both strict and lazy)
 suitable for binary or 8-bit character data.
 .
 The 'ByteString' type represents sequences of bytes or 8-bit characters.
 It is suitable for high performance use, both in terms of large data
 quantities, or high speed requirements. The 'ByteString' functions follow
 the same style as Haskell\'s ordinary lists, so it is easy to convert code
 from using 'String' to 'ByteString'.
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 Two 'ByteString' variants are provided:
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   * Strict 'ByteString's keep the string as a single large array. This
     makes them convenient for passing data between C and Haskell.
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   * Lazy 'ByteString's use a lazy list of strict chunks which makes it
     suitable for I\/O streaming tasks.
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 The @Char8@ modules provide a character-based view of the same
 underlying 'ByteString' types. This makes it convenient to handle mixed
 binary and 8-bit character content (which is common in many file formats
 and network protocols).
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 The 'Builder' module provides an efficient way to build up 'ByteString's
 in an ad-hoc way by repeated concatenation. This is ideal for fast
 serialisation or pretty printing.
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 There is also a 'ShortByteString' type which has a lower memory overhead
 and can be converted to or from a 'ByteString', but supports very few
 other operations. It is suitable for keeping many short strings in memory.
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 'ByteString's are not designed for Unicode. For Unicode strings you should
 use the 'Text' type from the @text@ package.
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 These modules are intended to be imported qualified, to avoid name clashes
 with "Prelude" functions, e.g.
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 > import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
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 This package will be maintained by the Curry Maintainers under the umbrella
 of the Debian Haskell Group.