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diff --git a/dev-haskell/io-streams/metadata.xml b/dev-haskell/io-streams/metadata.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 310f0593f2cf..000000000000 --- a/dev-haskell/io-streams/metadata.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,81 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> -<pkgmetadata> - <maintainer type="project"> - <email>haskell@gentoo.org</email> - <name>Gentoo Haskell</name> - </maintainer> - <use> - <flag name="network">Include network support</flag> - <flag name="zlib">Include zlib support</flag> - </use> - <longdescription> - /Overview/ - - The io-streams library contains simple and easy-to-use primitives for I/O - using streams. Most users will want to import the top-level convenience - module "System.IO.Streams", which re-exports most of the library: - - @ - import System.IO.Streams (InputStream, OutputStream) - import qualified System.IO.Streams as Streams - @ - - For first-time users, @io-streams@ comes with an included tutorial, which can - be found in the "System.IO.Streams.Tutorial" module. - - /Features/ - - The @io-streams@ user API has two basic types: @InputStream a@ and - @OutputStream a@, and three fundamental I/O primitives: - - @ - \-\- read an item from an input stream - Streams.read :: InputStream a -> IO (Maybe a) - - \-\- push an item back to an input stream - Streams.unRead :: a -> InputStream a -> IO () - - \-\- write to an output stream - Streams.write :: Maybe a -> OutputStream a -> IO () - @ - - Streams can be transformed by composition and hooked together with provided combinators: - - @ - ghci> Streams.fromList [1,2,3::Int] >>= Streams.map (*10) >>= Streams.toList - [10,20,30] - @ - - Stream composition leaves the original stream accessible: - - @ - ghci> input \<- Streams.fromByteString \"long string\" - ghci> wrapped \<- Streams.takeBytes 4 input - ghci> Streams.read wrapped - Just \"long\" - ghci> Streams.read wrapped - Nothing - ghci> Streams.read input - Just \" string\" - @ - - Simple types and operations in the IO monad mean straightforward and simple - exception handling and resource cleanup using Haskell standard library - facilities like 'Control.Exception.bracket'. - - @io-streams@ comes with: - - * functions to use files, handles, concurrent channels, sockets, lists, - vectors, and more as streams. - - * a variety of combinators for wrapping and transforming streams, including - compression and decompression using zlib, controlling precisely how many - bytes are read from or written to a stream, buffering output using - bytestring builders, folds, maps, filters, zips, etc. - - * support for parsing from streams using @attoparsec@. - - * support for spawning processes and communicating with them using streams. - </longdescription> -</pkgmetadata> |