A Builder is an efficient way to build lazy ByteStrings. There are several functions for constructing Builders, but only one to inspect them: to extract any data, you have to turn them into lazy ByteStrings using toLazyByteString.

Internally, a Builder constructs a lazy Bytestring by filling byte arrays piece by piece. As each buffer is filled, it is 'popped' off, to become a new chunk of the resulting lazy ByteString. All this is hidden from the user of the Builder.

O(n). Extract a lazy ByteString from a Builder. The construction work takes place if and when the relevant part of the lazy ByteString is demanded.

O(1). The empty Builder, satisfying

• toLazyByteString empty = empty

O(1). A Builder taking a single byte, satisfying

• toLazyByteString (singleton b) = singleton b

O(1). The concatenation of two Builders, an associative operation with identity empty, satisfying

• toLazyByteString (append x y) = append (toLazyByteString x) (toLazyByteString y)

O(1). A Builder taking a ByteString, satisfying

• toLazyByteString (fromByteString bs) = fromChunks [bs]

O(1). A Builder taking a lazy ByteString, satisfying

• toLazyByteString (fromLazyByteString bs) = bs

O(1). Pop the ByteString we have constructed so far, if any, yielding a new chunk in the result lazy ByteString.

Write a Word16 in big endian format

Write a Word32 in big endian format

Write a Word64 in big endian format

Write a Word16 in little endian format

Write a Word32 in little endian format

Write a Word64 in little endian format

O(1). A Builder taking a single native machine word. The word is written in host order, host endian form, for the machine you're on. On a 64 bit machine the Word is an 8 byte value, on a 32 bit machine, 4 bytes. Values written this way are not portable to different endian or word sized machines, without conversion.

Write a Word16 in native host order and host endianness. 2 bytes will be written, unaligned.

Write a Word32 in native host order and host endianness. 4 bytes will be written, unaligned.

Write a Word64 in native host order. On a 32 bit machine we write two host order Word32s, in big endian form. 8 bytes will be written, unaligned.

Write a character using UTF-8 encoding.