joelr1: > Folks, > > I'm trying to parse chunks of binary data that arrive through a > socket. There's a defined format of these chunks where the first 4 > bytes are an id, then could come a Pascal (size first) string, then > some more data. > > I'm trying to figure out how to read and write Haskell data in this > format and using a socket. > > Would someone have examples? > > Thanks, Joel
Maybe you'd like to look at the various Binary implementations? http://www.haskell.org/nhc98/libs/Binary.html You might also survive just using Data.Bits -- Don _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell