-- | The 'packNChars' function creates a 'PackedString' out of the
-- first @len@ elements of the given 'String'.
packNChars :: Int -> [Char] -> PackedString
-packNChars len str = PS (array (0,len-1) (zip [0..] str))
+packNChars len str = PS (listArray (0,len-1) str)
-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Destructor functions (taking PackedStrings apart)
arr <- newArray_ (0, i-1)
l <- hGetArray h arr i
chars <- mapM (\i -> readArray arr i >>= return.chr.fromIntegral) [0..l-1]
- return (packString chars)
+ return (packNChars l chars)
#else /* __NHC__ */