> To make the transition easier I have an experimental library which > defines a ByteString as a type synonym of a Storable.Vector of Word8 > and provides the same interface as the bytestring package: > > https://github.com/basvandijk/vector-bytestring
That's interesting Bas. What bothers me about ByteStrings is that they need to be "pinned" inside the heap, preventing the GC from collecting them. This is more than an issue, I think, if a program uses them massively and they needs to be allocated persistently (example: a long-life constant). I know is still a marginal case, but knowing that a part of my heap is pinned makes my sleep quality degrade :( I assume that working with vector remove the problem, correct? A.
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