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+# pathological-bytestrings
+
+## 0.1.0.0
+
+Initial release
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright Vanessa McHale (c) 2020
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
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+# pathological-bytestrings
+
+Library to aid testing `ByteString`s and C I/O
diff --git a/pathological-bytestrings.cabal b/pathological-bytestrings.cabal
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+cabal-version:   1.18
+name:            pathological-bytestrings
+version:         0.1.0.0
+license:         BSD3
+license-file:    LICENSE
+copyright:       Copyright: (c) 2020 Vanessa McHale
+maintainer:      vamchale@gmail.com
+author:          Vanessa McHale
+synopsis:        Pathological ByteStrings for testing
+description:
+    Read and write ByteStrings to file in various pathological ways
+
+category:        ByteString, IO, Testing
+build-type:      Simple
+extra-doc-files:
+    README.md
+    CHANGELOG.md
+
+source-repository head
+    type:     git
+    location: https://github.com/vmchale/pathological-bytestrings
+
+library
+    exposed-modules:  Data.ByteString.Pathological
+    hs-source-dirs:   src
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+    ghc-options:      -Wall
+    build-depends:
+        base >=4.3 && <5,
+        bytestring -any,
+        random -any
+
+    if impl(ghc >=8.0)
+        ghc-options:
+            -Wincomplete-uni-patterns -Wincomplete-record-updates
+            -Wredundant-constraints -Widentities
+
+    if impl(ghc >=8.4)
+        ghc-options: -Wmissing-export-lists
diff --git a/src/Data/ByteString/Pathological.hs b/src/Data/ByteString/Pathological.hs
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+module Data.ByteString.Pathological ( nonstandardRead
+                                    , chunksOf
+                                    , readLarge
+                                    , readSmall
+                                    , readRandom
+                                    ) where
+
+import           Control.Applicative
+import           Control.Monad        ((<=<))
+import qualified Data.ByteString      as BS
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BSL
+import           System.Random        (randomRIO)
+
+-- | Read a file into a 'BSL.ByteString' using varying chunk size.
+nonstandardRead :: FilePath -> IO BSL.ByteString
+nonstandardRead fp = do
+    bStrict <- BS.readFile fp
+    let (h, t) = BS.splitAt (64 * 1024) bStrict
+    pure $ BSL.fromChunks [h, t]
+
+-- | Read into a 'BSL.ByteString' of varying chunk sizes (non-lazily).
+readRandom :: FilePath -> IO BSL.ByteString
+readRandom = fmap BSL.fromChunks . (randomSplit <=< BS.readFile)
+
+randomSplit :: BS.ByteString -> IO [BS.ByteString]
+randomSplit b = do
+    nextSz <- randomRIO (16 * 1024, 128 * 1024)
+    if BS.length b <= nextSz
+        then pure [b]
+        else
+            let (b', b'') = BS.splitAt nextSz b
+            in (b' :) <$> randomSplit b''
+
+-- | Read into @16k@ chunks (non-lazily)
+readSmall :: FilePath -> IO BSL.ByteString
+readSmall = fmap (BSL.fromChunks . chunksOf (16 * 1024)) . BS.readFile
+
+-- | Read into @128k@ chunks (non-lazily)
+readLarge :: FilePath -> IO BSL.ByteString
+readLarge = fmap (BSL.fromChunks . chunksOf (128 * 1024)) . BS.readFile
+
+chunksOf :: Int -> BS.ByteString -> [BS.ByteString]
+chunksOf bSz b =
+    if BS.length b <= bSz
+        then [b]
+        else
+            let (b', b'') = BS.splitAt bSz b
+            in b' : chunksOf bSz b''