Incipit.String

Type classes for conversion between different string representations.

The table below represents the relude concept of conversion between the following types:

• Text
• String
• ByteString
• LText
• LByteString
• ShortByteString

From \ To	Text	String	ByteString	LText	LByteString	ShortByteString
Text	~	toString	encodeUtf8	toLazy/toLText	encodeUtf8	encodeUtf8
String	toText	~	encodeUtf8	toLText	encodeUtf8	encodeUtf8
ByteString	decodeUtf8	decodeUtf8	~	decodeUtf8	toLazy	toShort
LText	toStrict/toText	toString	encodeUtf8	~	encodeUtf8	encodeUtf8
LByteString	decodeUtf8	decodeUtf8	toStrict	decodeUtf8	~	toShort . toStrict
ShortByteString	decodeUtf8	decodeUtf8	fromShort	decodeUtf8	toLazy . fromShort	~

Documentation

fromText :: IsString a => Text -> a

Analog to fromString for Text. Converts a Text to any a that is an instance of IsString.

module Incipit.String.Reexport

Reexport data types and functions to work with Text, ByteString, ShortByteString.

module Incipit.String.Conversion

Conversion functions between Text, String, ByteString. Also some read|show helper functions.