reading text files

2004-10-04 Thread Carsten Schultz
Hi! I want to read a text file from a socket and process it as a String (using Parsec). Is hGetContent ok, or are there mor efficient alternatives available, even if I want a String anyway? Greetings, Carsten -- Carsten Schultz (2:38, 33:47), FB Mathematik, FU Berlin

Re: reading text files

2004-10-04 Thread Peter Simons
Carsten Schultz writes: I want to read a text file from a socket and process it as a String (using Parsec). Is hGetContent ok, or are there mor efficient alternatives available, even if I want a String anyway? hGetContents is fine, although you have to be aware that the function does not

Re: reading text files

2004-10-04 Thread Tomasz Zielonka
On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 08:34:42PM +0200, Peter Simons wrote: hGetContents is fine, although you have to be aware that the function does not implement any timeouts. Meaning, if you don't receive the data you need, your program will hang. Whether your application is fast or not doesn't