How to convert a Integer to a ByteString in Haskell

Question

We\'d like to serialize data in a specific binary format. We use Data.ByteStrings internally.

So, the question is: How to convert the different data typ

Answer 1

Have a look at the binary package, or any of its non-lazy variants: cereal or binary-strict .

In all three cases, since you have a specific binary format, I'd ignore the type class Binary defined in each, and instead focus on the Put and Get monads they define.