From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0BB8BC8B for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:18:21 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j1AHILUQ027228 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:18:21 +0100 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA28362 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:18:21 +0100 (MET) Received: from mail.cwork.com (ctm.163.supernets.net [209.4.187.163] (may be forged)) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j1AHIKDu027223 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:18:20 +0100 Message-Id: <200502101718.j1AHIKDu027223@concorde.inria.fr> Received: from casiopea ([201.243.195.128]) by mail.cwork.com (VisNetic.MailServer.v5.8.6.6) with ESMTP id OWZEKG for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:19:44 -0500 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Juancarlo_A=F1ez?= To: Subject: Newbe question: Strings <-> char lists Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:18:14 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Thread-Index: AcUPjkXBL7yhgXcNTDKY8fk5NXxJ0AABgHPA In-Reply-To: <86u0okqta0.fsf@paul.rtelekom.ru> X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 420B975D.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 420B975C.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; char:01 char:01 haskell:01 treating:01 mighty:98 strings:01 strings:01 functions:01 string:03 string:03 library:03 converting:05 standard:07 question:11 aren't:11 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO, MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: How does one convert a char list to a string? Why aren't functions for converting char lists to strings and back part of the standard library. Haskell allows treating any string as a char list. I don't know what it does behind the scenes, but it is mighty convenient. Juanco