Proposal: simplify encoding of numbers in bytestring

[Milan Straka]

Hi,

> -----Original message-----
> From: Bryan O'Sullivan <bos at serpentine.com>
> Sent: 2 Apr 2013, 20:29
>
> The bytestring builder API has a large number of entry points for encoding
> numbers:
> 
>       int8Dec
>     , int16Dec
>     , int32Dec
>     , int64Dec
>     , intDec
>     , integerDec
> 
>     , word8Dec
>     , word16Dec
>     , word32Dec
>     , word64Dec
>     , wordDec
> 
> Contrast this with the text library:
> 
>     decimal :: Integral a => a -> Builder
> 
> I want to deprecate the 11 *Dec functions in favour of the same
> single-entry-point API used by text: it's way simpler, and no less
> efficient.

+1 here.

Cheers,
Milan