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The simplest solution seems to be to use the [http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/utf8-string utf8-string package] from Galois. It provides a drop-in replacement for System.IO
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The simplest solution seems to be to use the [http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/utf8-string utf8-string package] from Galois. It
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provides a drop-in replacement for System.IO
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<haskell>
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== Example ==
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import System.IO.UTF8
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import Prelude hiding (getContents, putStrLn)
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main =
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This example reverses every line in a file (saving the results in the file + ".rev")
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do putStrLn "what is your name? "
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name <- getContents
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If we use a function from <code>System.IO.UTF8</code>, we should also hide the equivalent one from the Prelude. (Alternatively, we could import the UTF8 module qualified)
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putStrLn $ "hello, " ++ name ++ "!"
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<haskell>
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> import System.IO.UTF8
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> import Prelude hiding (readFile)
</haskell>
</haskell>
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<haskell>
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> main :: IO ()
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> main =
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> do args <- getArgs
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> mapM_ reverseUTF8File args
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> reverseUTF8File :: FilePath -> IO ()
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> reverseUTF8File f =
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> do f <- readFile f
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> writeFile (f ++ ".rev) $ reverseLines f
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> where
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> reverseLines = unlines . map reverse . lines
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<haskell></haskell>

Revision as of 09:28, 21 July 2008


The simplest solution seems to be to use the utf8-string package from Galois. It provides a drop-in replacement for System.IO

Example

This example reverses every line in a file (saving the results in the file + ".rev")

If we use a function from System.IO.UTF8, we should also hide the equivalent one from the Prelude. (Alternatively, we could import the UTF8 module qualified)

> import System.IO.UTF8
> import Prelude hiding (readFile)
> main :: IO ()
> main =
>  do args <- getArgs
>     mapM_ reverseUTF8File args
 
> reverseUTF8File :: FilePath -> IO ()
> reverseUTF8File f =
>   do f <- readFile f
>      writeFile (f ++ ".rev) $ reverseLines f
>   where
>     reverseLines = unlines . map reverse . lines
<haskell>