StringBuffer

Documentation

data StringBuffer

A StringBuffer is an internal pointer to a sized chunk of bytes. The bytes are intended to be *immutable*. There are pure operations to read the contents of a StringBuffer.

A StringBuffer may have a finalizer, depending on how it was obtained.

Constructors

StringBuffer

Fields

• buf :: !(ForeignPtr Word8)
• len :: !Int
• cur :: !Int

Instances

Show StringBuffer

Defined in StringBuffer

Methods

showsPrec :: Int -> StringBuffer -> ShowS

show :: StringBuffer -> String

showList :: [StringBuffer] -> ShowS

Creation/destruction

hGetStringBuffer :: FilePath -> IO StringBuffer

Read a file into a StringBuffer. The resulting buffer is automatically managed by the garbage collector.

hGetStringBufferBlock :: Handle -> Int -> IO StringBuffer

hPutStringBuffer :: Handle -> StringBuffer -> IO ()

appendStringBuffers :: StringBuffer -> StringBuffer -> IO StringBuffer

stringToStringBuffer :: String -> StringBuffer

Encode a String into a StringBuffer as UTF-8. The resulting buffer is automatically managed by the garbage collector.

Inspection

nextChar :: StringBuffer -> (Char, StringBuffer)

Return the first UTF-8 character of a nonempty StringBuffer and as well the remaining portion (analogous to uncons). Warning: The behavior is undefined if the StringBuffer is empty. The result shares the same buffer as the original. Similar to utf8DecodeChar, if the character cannot be decoded as UTF-8, '\0' is returned.

currentChar :: StringBuffer -> Char

Return the first UTF-8 character of a nonempty StringBuffer (analogous to head). Warning: The behavior is undefined if the StringBuffer is empty. Similar to utf8DecodeChar, if the character cannot be decoded as UTF-8, '\0' is returned.

prevChar :: StringBuffer -> Char -> Char

atEnd :: StringBuffer -> Bool

Check whether a StringBuffer is empty (analogous to null).

Moving and comparison

stepOn :: StringBuffer -> StringBuffer

Return a StringBuffer with the first UTF-8 character removed (analogous to tail). Warning: The behavior is undefined if the StringBuffer is empty. The result shares the same buffer as the original.

offsetBytes

Arguments

:: Int

n, the number of bytes

-> StringBuffer

-> StringBuffer

Return a StringBuffer with the first n bytes removed. Warning: If there aren't enough characters, the returned StringBuffer will be invalid and any use of it may lead to undefined behavior. The result shares the same buffer as the original.

byteDiff :: StringBuffer -> StringBuffer -> Int

Compute the difference in offset between two StringBuffers that share the same buffer. Warning: The behavior is undefined if the StringBuffers use separate buffers.

atLine :: Int -> StringBuffer -> Maybe StringBuffer

Computes a StringBuffer which points to the first character of the wanted line. Lines begin at 1.

Conversion

lexemeToString

Arguments

:: StringBuffer

-> Int

n, the number of bytes

-> String

Decode the first n bytes of a StringBuffer as UTF-8 into a String. Similar to utf8DecodeChar, if the character cannot be decoded as UTF-8, they will be replaced with '\0'.

lexemeToFastString

Arguments

:: StringBuffer

-> Int

n, the number of bytes

-> FastString

decodePrevNChars :: Int -> StringBuffer -> String

Return the previous n characters (or fewer if we are less than n characters into the buffer.

Parsing integers

parseUnsignedInteger :: StringBuffer -> Int -> Integer -> (Char -> Int) -> Integer