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provides a drop-in replacement for System.IO
 
provides a drop-in replacement for System.IO
   
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''What about other string encodings?''
== Example ==
 
   
 
== 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)
 
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)
 
   
 
<haskell>
 
<haskell>
 
> import System.IO.UTF8
 
> import System.IO.UTF8
> import Prelude hiding (readFile)
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> import Prelude hiding (readFile, writeFile)
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> import System.Environment (getArgs)
 
</haskell>
 
</haskell>
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The readFile and writeFile functions are the same as before...
   
 
<haskell>
 
<haskell>
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> do args <- getArgs
 
> do args <- getArgs
 
> mapM_ reverseUTF8File args
 
> mapM_ reverseUTF8File args
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> reverseUTF8File :: FilePath -> IO ()
 
> reverseUTF8File :: FilePath -> IO ()
 
> reverseUTF8File f =
 
> reverseUTF8File f =
> do f <- readFile f
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> do c <- readFile f
> writeFile (f ++ ".rev) $ reverseLines f
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> writeFile (f ++ ".rev") $ reverseLines c
 
> where
 
> where
 
> reverseLines = unlines . map reverse . lines
 
> reverseLines = unlines . map reverse . lines
<haskell></haskell>
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</haskell>

Revision as of 02:22, 22 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

What about other string encodings?

Example

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, writeFile)
> import System.Environment (getArgs)

The readFile and writeFile functions are the same as before...

> main :: IO ()
> main =
>  do args <- getArgs
>     mapM_ reverseUTF8File args

> reverseUTF8File :: FilePath -> IO ()
> reverseUTF8File f =
>   do c <- readFile f
>      writeFile (f ++ ".rev") $ reverseLines c
>   where
>     reverseLines = unlines . map reverse . lines