[Haskell-cafe] Basic binary IO

[Jamie Love]

Hello all,

I'm wondering if anyone has a reference to any binary IO and data 
conversion tutorials.

I'm playing around with generating a BMP file in haskell, and am a 
little stuck on the "best" way to go about the simple task of creating 
the BMP header. The header is

"BM" + 4 bytes for file size + 4 bytes reserved + 4 bytes for offset 
where data begins.

I have the basis starting off at:

bmpHeader = B.pack $
    [ 0x42, 0x4D ] ++
    [0 , 0, 0, 0] ++
    [0 , 0, 0, 0] ++
    [14 :: Int32]

(where B is Data.ByteString)

I'm wondering how I can:

1/ convert a 32 bit number (Int32, Char32) to 4 Char8 elements
2/ rotate bits/bytes in a 32 bit Char32 (or Int32) so they are 
explicitly little-endian (I work on a mac powerbook, and it is big-endian)
3/ convert an Integer or Int type to an Int32 type

Any pointers or suggestions would be helpful.

Thanks

-- 
Jamie Love
Senior Consultant
Aviarc Australia
Mobile: +61 400 548 048



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