bytestring-plain

Version 0.1.0.2 revision 2 uploaded by HerbertValerioRiedel.

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Synopsis
Plain byte strings ('ForeignPtr'-less 'ByteString's)
Description

More compact representation for strict ByteStrings avoiding the overhead and indirection caused by ForeignPtr.

This representation is useful to reduce the incurred memory overhead when operating with many small, long-lived, distinct byte strings (such as keys for containers).

See documentation in Data.ByteString.Plain for more details about this representation.

As an alternative, recent bytestring versions provide Data.ByteString.Short which has a similiar overhead but uses unpinned memory instead (and thus requires an additional string data copy in contrast to Data.ByteString.Plain which allows to share the string data with the associated Data.ByteString value).

Author
Herbert Valerio Riedel
Bug reports
https://github.com/hvr/bytestring-plain/issues
Category
Data
Copyright
(c) 2013 Herbert Valerio Riedel
Homepage
https://github.com/hvr/bytestring-plain
Maintainer
hvr@gnu.org
Package URL
n/a
Stability
n/a

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