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diff --git a/devel/hs-text-short/pkg-descr b/devel/hs-text-short/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..66cb96b1c1c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/devel/hs-text-short/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +This package provides the ShortText type which is suitable for keeping many +short strings in memory. This is similiar to how ShortByteString relates to + ByteString. + +The main difference between Text and ShortText is that ShortText uses UTF-8 +instead of UTF-16 internally and also doesn't support slicing (thereby +saving 2 words). Consequently, the memory footprint of a (boxed) ShortText +value is 4 words (2 words when unboxed) plus the length of the UTF-8 encoded +payload. + +WWW: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/text-short |