module ByteStringUtil where

import Data.ByteString.Lazy.Internal
import Data.ByteString.Lazy
import qualified Data.ByteString as S
import System.IO
import System.IO.Unsafe

oneMeg :: Int
oneMeg = 1048576

hGetContentsN :: Int -> Handle -> IO ByteString
hGetContentsN kk h = lazyRead
  where
    k = kk - chunkOverhead
    lazyRead = unsafeInterleaveIO loop

    loop = do
        c <- S.hGetSome h k -- only blocks if there is no data available
        if S.null c
          then hClose h >> return Empty
          else do cs <- lazyRead
                  return (Chunk c cs)