[m-dev.] Binary data and UTF-8
Peter Wang
novalazy at gmail.com
Fri May 11 13:31:42 AEST 2012
On Fri, 11 May 2012 11:59:26 +1000, Paul Bone <pbone at csse.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>
> There's an open question on stack exchange today about parsing binary data and
> UTF8.
>
> I'm not sure on the answer, I'd just be guessing. Peter W, would you mind answering the question?
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10543654/what-is-a-good-data-type-for-representing-arbitrary-binary-data
I see you answered. I don't have an account anyway.
I usually end up using a custom foreign type. One thing which prevented
me from using bitmap (again) is a lack of distinction between size and
capacity. That would allow a bitmap to grow efficiently on append.
And my general complaint: working with bits is annoying and error prone.
We don't necessarily need a new type, just a module that provides a
byte-oriented interface on top of bitmap.
Peter
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