[Haskell-beginners] HTTP Download -> Save File - non-strict

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

Dan Krol wrote:

> Ah yes, the actual docs. Somehow didn't think to check that, sorry.
> 
> Alright, I'll try to figure that one out, thanks. Any particular reason
> nobody just offers http over lazy I/O? Is it just because lazy I/O is
> generally discouraged? Or just particularly bad over a network?

Lazy I/O is particularly problematic when implmenting network servers
and generally discouraged for networking code.

> And is this an area where Conduit is better than Pipes?

Conduit has been around longer and is thus more mature and complete.

> There doesn't seem to be a similar http for Pipes.

I believe Andrew Cowie, author of http-streams (on top of io-streams) is
working on a Pipes version.

HTH,
Erik
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