The Standard ML Basis Library

The TEXT signature

Synopsis

signature TEXT
structure Text :> TEXT
  where type Char.char = Char.char
  where type String.string = String.string
  where type Substring.substring = Substring.substring
  where type CharVector.vector = CharVector.vector
  where type CharArray.array = CharArray.array
  where type CharVectorSlice.slice = CharVectorSlice.slice
  where type CharArraySlice.slice = CharArraySlice.slice
structure WideText :> TEXT  (* OPTIONAL *)
  where type Char.char = WideChar.char
  where type String.string = WideString.string
  where type Substring.substring = WideSubstring.substring
  where type CharVector.vector = WideCharVector.vector
  where type CharArray.array = WideCharArray.array
  where type CharVectorSlice.slice = WideCharVectorSlice.slice
  where type CharArraySlice.slice = WideCharArraySlice.slice


The TEXT signature collects together various text related structures based on the representation of the shared character type.

The TEXT signature is matched by two structures, the required Text and the optional WideText. The former implements strings based on the extended ASCII 8-bit characters. The latter provides strings of characters of some size greater than or equal to 8 bits.

Interface

structure Char : CHAR
structure String : STRING
structure Substring : SUBSTRING
structure CharVector : MONO_VECTOR
structure CharArray : MONO_ARRAY
structure CharVectorSlice : MONO_VECTOR_SLICE
structure CharArraySlice : MONO_ARRAY_SLICE
sharing type Char.char = String.char = Substring.char
  = CharVector.elem = CharArray.elem = CharVectorSlice.elem
  = CharArraySlice.elem
sharing type Char.string = String.string = Substring.string
  = CharVector.vector = CharArray.vector
  = CharVectorSlice.vector = CharArraySlice.vector
sharing type CharArray.array = CharArraySlice.array
sharing type CharVectorSlice.slice
  = CharArraySlice.vector_slice

See Also

CHAR, MONO_ARRAY, MONO_VECTOR, STRING, SUBSTRING

Generated October 02, 2003
Last Modified July 21, 1998
Comments to John Reppy.

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