Data.CompactString
compact-string

==Introduction==
Data.CompactString is a library for handling Unicode strings, build on top of <a href="http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons/fps.html">Data.ByteString</a>.

==Status==
The library is not finished yet.
* Some functions are implemented inefficiently.
* Performance has not been tested.
* Encoding is not correctly handled when reading from @stdin@ or writing to @stdout@.
  
==News==
* <span class="date">2007-03-11</span>: Release of version 0.3, the library is now based on the <tt>Encoding</tt> class, making it much more flexible. All functions are now implemented.
* <span class="date">2007-02-09</span>: Release of the version 0.2, using a UTF-8 encoding. Still not finished, though.
* <span class="date">2007-02-04</span>: Release of the (unfinished) 0.1 version.

==Source==
The source code can be downloaded using Darcs:
 <pre>darcs get <a href="/repos/compact-string">http://twan.home.fmf.nl/repos/compact-string</a></pre>

==Documentation==
* <a href="doc/html">Haddock generated documentation</a>
* <a href="details.html">Implementation details of the compact encoding</a>