Comparing the three styles of I/O
Let's compare the 3 styles of I/O we have encountered from a few perspectives:
|
Handle-based I/O |
Lazy I/O |
Iteratee I/O | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Processing |
Strict and incremental |
Lazy |
Strict and incremental |
|
What drives evaluation? |
Looping code |
Stream consumer |
Enumerator + Iterator |
|
Level of abstraction |
Low level |
High level |
High level |
|
Resource management, dealing with Exceptions |
Precise control |
No precise control |
Precise control |
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