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diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/cbits/cbits.c b/cbits/cbits.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cbits/cbits.c
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include <string.h>
+
+int
+hs_text_containers_memcmp(const void *s1, const size_t s1ofs, const void *s2, const size_t s2ofs, const size_t n)
+{
+  return memcmp(s1+s1ofs, s2+s2ofs, n);
+}
diff --git a/src-tests/tests.hs b/src-tests/tests.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-tests/tests.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
+
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
+
+module Main where
+
+import           Data.List
+import qualified Data.Map.Strict           as Map
+import qualified Data.Set                  as Set
+import qualified Data.Text.Short           as ST
+
+import           Test.QuickCheck.Instances ()
+import           Test.Tasty
+import           Test.Tasty.QuickCheck     as QC
+
+import qualified Data.TextArray.Unboxed    as TA
+import qualified Data.TextMap.Unboxed.Lazy as TM
+import qualified Data.TextSet.Unboxed      as TS
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = defaultMain tests
+
+-- compat for containers<0.5.9
+setLookupMin :: Set.Set a -> Maybe a
+setLookupMin s = if Set.null s then Nothing else Just (Set.findMin s)
+setLookupMax :: Set.Set a -> Maybe a
+setLookupMax s = if Set.null s then Nothing else Just (Set.findMax s)
+
+instance Arbitrary ST.ShortText where
+  arbitrary = ST.fromText <$> arbitrary
+
+instance Arbitrary TA.TextArray where
+  arbitrary = TA.fromList <$> arbitrary
+
+tests :: TestTree
+tests = testGroup "Tests" [testsMapLazy, testsSet, testsArray]
+  where
+    testsArray = testGroup "TextArray"
+      [ QC.testProperty "toList.fromList" $
+          \xs -> (TA.toList . TA.fromList) xs == xs
+
+      , QC.testProperty "singleton" $
+          \x -> (TA.toList . TA.singleton) x == [x]
+
+      , QC.testProperty "length" $
+          \xs -> length xs == TA.length (TA.fromList xs)
+
+      , QC.testProperty "null" $
+          \xs -> null xs == TA.null (TA.fromList xs)
+
+      , QC.testProperty "elem" $
+          \xs -> all (`TA.elem` (TA.fromList xs)) xs
+
+      , QC.testProperty "elemIndices" $
+          \t0 t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 -> let xs = [t1,t0,t2,t0,t3,t0,t4,t5]
+                                    ta = TA.fromList xs
+                                in all (\z -> elemIndices z xs == TA.elemIndices z ta) xs
+
+      , QC.testProperty "elemIndices#2" $
+          \xs -> let ta = TA.fromList xs
+                 in all (\z -> elemIndices z xs == TA.elemIndices z ta) (ST.fromString "Shakespeare":xs)
+
+      , QC.testProperty "(!?)" $
+          \xs -> let ta = TA.fromList xs
+                 in mapM (ta TA.!?) [0.. (TA.length ta)-1] == Just xs
+
+      , QC.testProperty "append" $
+          \xs ys -> TA.fromList (xs++ys) == TA.fromList xs `mappend` TA.fromList ys
+
+      -- , QC.testProperty "findAllOrd EQ" $
+      --     \xs -> let ta = TA.fromList xs
+      --            in all (\z -> filter (==z) xs == TA.findAllOrd (==EQ) z ta) (ST.fromString "Shakespeare":xs)
+
+      -- , QC.testProperty "findIndicesOrd EQ" $
+      --     \xs -> let ta = TA.fromList xs
+      --            in all (\z -> findIndices (==z) xs == TA.findIndicesOrd (==EQ) z ta) (ST.fromString "Shakespeare":xs)
+      ]
+
+    testsSet = testGroup "TextSet"
+      [ QC.testProperty "toList.fromList" $
+          \xs -> (TS.toList . TS.fromList) xs == (Set.toList . Set.fromList) xs
+
+      , QC.testProperty "singleton" $
+          \x -> (TS.toList . TS.singleton) x == [x]
+
+      , QC.testProperty "toList.fromSet" $
+          \xs -> (TS.toList . TS.fromSet) xs == Set.toList xs
+
+      , QC.testProperty "toList.toSet" $
+          \xs -> (TS.toSet . TS.fromList) xs == Set.fromList xs
+
+      , QC.testProperty "size" $
+          \xs -> Set.size (Set.fromList xs) == TS.size (TS.fromList xs)
+
+      , QC.testProperty "null" $
+          \xs -> null xs == TS.null (TS.fromList xs)
+
+      , QC.testProperty "member" $
+          \xs -> all (`TS.member` (TS.fromList xs)) xs
+
+      , QC.testProperty "(!?)" $
+          \xs -> let s1 = TS.fromList xs
+                     s2 = Set.fromList xs
+                 in all (\j -> s1 TS.!? j == Just (Set.elemAt j s2)) [0 .. Set.size s2 - 1]
+
+      , QC.testProperty "lookupMin" $
+          \xs -> (TS.lookupMin . TS.fromList) xs == (setLookupMin . Set.fromList) xs
+
+      , QC.testProperty "lookupMax" $
+          \xs -> (TS.lookupMax . TS.fromList) xs == (setLookupMax . Set.fromList) xs
+
+      , QC.testProperty "lookupIndex" $
+          \xs -> let s1 = TS.fromList xs
+                     s2 = Set.fromList xs
+                 in all (\k -> TS.lookupIndex k s1 == Set.lookupIndex k s2) (someStrs ++ xs)
+
+      , QC.testProperty "lookupLE" $
+          \xs -> let s1 = TS.fromList xs
+                     s2 = Set.fromList xs
+                 in all (\k -> fmap snd (TS.lookupLE k s1) == Set.lookupLE k s2) (someStrs ++ xs)
+
+      , QC.testProperty "lookupGE" $
+          \xs -> let s1 = TS.fromList xs
+                     s2 = Set.fromList xs
+                 in all (\k -> fmap snd (TS.lookupGE k s1) == Set.lookupGE k s2) (someStrs ++ xs)
+
+      ]
+
+    testsMapLazy = testGroup "TextMap(Lazy)"
+      [ QC.testProperty "toList.fromList" $
+          \(Ps xs) -> (TM.toList . TM.fromList) xs == (Map.toList . Map.fromList) xs
+
+      , QC.testProperty "singleton" $
+          \x y -> TM.toList (TM.singleton x y) == [(x,y::Int)]
+
+      , QC.testProperty "toList.fromMap" $
+          \xs -> (TM.toList . TM.fromMap) xs == Map.toList (xs :: Map.Map ST.ShortText Int)
+
+      , QC.testProperty "toList.toMap" $
+          \(Ps xs) -> (TM.toMap . TM.fromList) xs == Map.fromList xs
+
+      , QC.testProperty "size" $
+          \(Ps xs) -> TM.size (TM.fromList xs) == Map.size (Map.fromList xs)
+
+      , QC.testProperty "null" $
+          \(Ps xs) -> TM.null (TM.fromList xs) == null xs
+
+      , QC.testProperty "member" $
+          \(Ps xs) -> all (`TM.member` (TM.fromList xs)) (map fst xs)
+
+      , QC.testProperty "(!?)" $
+          \(Ps xs) -> let s1 = TM.fromList xs
+                          s2 = Map.fromList xs
+                      in all (\k -> (s1 TM.!? k) == (Map.lookup k s2)) (someStrs ++ map fst xs)
+      ]
+
+
+someStrs :: [ST.ShortText]
+someStrs = map ST.fromString ["","\x00","a","Z","\x10ffff"]
+
+newtype Ps = Ps [(ST.ShortText,Int)]
+           deriving (Arbitrary,Show)
diff --git a/src/Data/TextArray/Unboxed.hs b/src/Data/TextArray/Unboxed.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Data/TextArray/Unboxed.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE Trustworthy #-}
+
+-- |
+-- Copyright: © 2017 Herbert Valerio Riedel
+-- License: GPLv3
+--
+-- This module provides the 'TextArray' container for storing arrays of text strings.
+--
+-- This module is intended to be imported @qualified@, e.g.
+--
+-- > import           Data.TextArray.Unboxed (TextArr)
+-- > import qualified Data.TextArray.Unboxed as TextArr
+--
+module Data.TextArray.Unboxed
+    ( TextArray
+      -- * Querying & lookup
+    , null
+    , length
+    , elem
+
+    , elemIndices
+    -- , findIndicesOrd
+    -- , findAllOrd
+    , (!?)
+      -- * Construction
+    , empty
+    , singleton
+    , fromList
+      -- * Deconstruction
+    , toList
+    ) where
+
+import           Prelude                         ()
+
+import           Data.TextArray.Unboxed.Internal
diff --git a/src/Data/TextArray/Unboxed/Internal.hs b/src/Data/TextArray/Unboxed/Internal.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Data/TextArray/Unboxed/Internal.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MagicHash        #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes       #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE UnliftedFFITypes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE Unsafe           #-}
+
+-- |
+-- Copyright: © 2017 Herbert Valerio Riedel
+-- License: GPLv3
+module Data.TextArray.Unboxed.Internal where
+
+import           Control.DeepSeq
+import           Control.Monad
+import           Control.Monad.ST
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Short as SBS
+import           Data.Hashable         (Hashable (..))
+import qualified Data.List             as List
+import           Data.Semigroup
+import           Data.Text.Short       (ShortText)
+import qualified Data.Text.Short       as TS
+import qualified GHC.Exts              as GHC
+import           Prelude               hiding (elem, length, null)
+
+import           Internal
+
+-- | An array of unboxed 'ShortText' strings
+--
+-- The memory footprint of this data-structure is a single heap object (an unlifted 'ByteArray#') with the size expressed in words
+--
+-- \[
+--  3 + n + \left\lceil \frac{1}{w} \sum_{i=0}^{n-1} len(s_i) \right\rceil
+-- \]
+--
+-- where the word-size \(w\) is either \(w = 4\) or \(w = 8\) bytes; and where \(len(s_i)\) denotes the UTF-8 size in bytes of the \(i\)-th text string.
+--
+-- NOTE: Depending on whether you @UNPACK@ the 'TextArray' wrapper, you need at least one additional word for the pointer to the internal 'ByteArray#' heap object.
+newtype TextArray = TA# BA
+
+ta2ba :: TextArray -> BA
+ta2ba (TA# x) = x
+
+instance Eq TextArray where
+  (TA# x) == (TA# y) = ba2sbs x == ba2sbs y
+
+-- TODO: optimise
+instance Ord TextArray where
+  compare x y = compare (toList x) (toList y)
+
+instance Show TextArray where
+  showsPrec p ta = showsPrec p (toList ta)
+  show ta        = show (toList ta)
+
+instance Read TextArray where
+  readsPrec p = map (\(x,s) -> (fromList x,s)) . readsPrec p
+
+instance GHC.IsList TextArray where
+  type Item TextArray = ShortText
+  fromList  = fromList
+  toList    = toList
+
+instance NFData TextArray where
+  rnf (TA# (BA# !_)) = ()
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n+m)\). Concatenate two 'TextArray's.
+instance Semigroup TextArray where
+  (<>) = append
+
+instance Monoid TextArray where
+  mempty  = empty
+  mappend = (<>)
+
+instance Hashable TextArray where
+  hashWithSalt salt (TA# ba) = hashWithSalt salt ba
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). An empty 'TextArray'
+empty :: TextArray
+empty = TA# $ createBA wordSize $ \mba -> writeIntArray mba 0 0
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). Construct 'TextArray' with single element
+singleton :: ShortText -> TextArray
+singleton t = TA# $ createBA totalSize $ \mba -> do
+    writeIntArray mba 0 1
+    writeIntArray mba 1 dataOfs
+    copyByteArray (st2ba t) 0 mba dataOfs dataSize
+  where
+    dataOfs = wordSize * 2
+    dataSize = sizeOfByteArray (st2ba t)
+    totalSize = dataOfs + dataSize
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). Test whether 'TestArray' is empty.
+null :: TextArray -> Bool
+null = (==0) . length
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). Return number of strings contained in 'TestArray'.
+length :: TextArray -> Int
+length (TA# ba) = indexIntArray ba 0
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). Array indexing (0-based).
+(!?) :: TextArray -> Int -> Maybe ShortText
+ta@(TA# ba) !? i = case indexOfsLen ta i of
+                     Just (IdxOfsLen _ ofs n) -> Just $! ba2st (sliceBA ba ofs n)
+                     Nothing                  -> Nothing
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n)\). Construct 'TextArray' from list of strings.
+fromList :: [ShortText] -> TextArray
+fromList [] = empty
+fromList xs = TA# $ createBA totalSize $ \mba -> do
+    writeIntArray mba 0 n
+    writeOfsTab mba 1 dataOfs xs
+    pure ()
+  where
+    writeOfsTab :: MBA s -> Int -> Int -> [ShortText] -> ST s ()
+    writeOfsTab _   !_ !_   []     = pure ()
+    writeOfsTab mba !j !ofs (t:ts) = do
+        let y = SBS.length (TS.toShortByteString t)
+        writeIntArray mba  j ofs
+        copyByteArray (st2ba t) 0 mba ofs (sizeOfByteArray (st2ba t))
+        writeOfsTab mba (j+1) (ofs+y) ts
+
+    -- Memory layout of 'ByteArray#' payload:
+    --
+    -- - `N :: Int#` (number of strings in array)
+    -- - byte-offset[j] (for 0 <= j < N) as 'Int#'
+    -- - data-area: concatenated UTF8-encoded strings
+    --
+    -- byte-offset[0] points to start of 'data-area'
+    --
+    (dataSize,n) = sumLen $ map (SBS.length . TS.toShortByteString) xs
+    dataOfs      = wordSize * (1+n)
+    totalSize    = dataOfs + dataSize
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n+m)\). Concatenate two 'TextArray's
+append :: TextArray -> TextArray -> TextArray
+append a b
+  | null a  = b
+  | null b  = a
+append ta1@(TA# ba1) ta2@(TA# ba2) = TA# $ createBA totalSize $ \mba -> do
+    writeIntArray mba 0 n
+    forM_ [1..n1] $ \j -> writeIntArray mba j      (ofs1fixup + indexIntArray ba1 j)
+    forM_ [1..n2] $ \j -> writeIntArray mba (n1+j) (ofs2fixup + indexIntArray ba2 j)
+    copyByteArray ba1 dataOfs1 mba dataOfs1' dataSz1
+    copyByteArray ba2 dataOfs2 mba dataOfs2' dataSz2
+    pure ()
+  where
+    n         = n1+n2
+    n1        = length ta1
+    n2        = length ta2
+    ofs1fixup = n2 * wordSize
+    ofs2fixup = sz1 - wordSize
+    sz1       = sizeOfByteArray ba1
+    sz2       = sizeOfByteArray ba2
+    dataOfs1  = (1+n1) * wordSize
+    dataOfs2  = (1+n2) * wordSize
+    dataSz1   = sz1 - dataOfs1
+    dataSz2   = sz2 - dataOfs2
+    dataOfs1' = (1+n) * wordSize
+    dataOfs2' = dataOfs1'+dataSz1
+    totalSize = sz1+sz2-wordSize
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n)\). Deconstruct 'TextArray' into list of strings.
+toList :: TextArray -> [ShortText]
+toList ta = map (\(IdxOfsLen _ ofs n) -> ba2st (sliceBA (ta2ba ta) ofs n)) (listOfsLen ta)
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n)\). Test whether 'TestArray' contains a specific string.
+elem :: ShortText -> TextArray -> Bool
+elem needle ta = not (List.null (elemIndices needle ta))
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n)\). Find occurences of given string in 'TextArray' and report list of indices (in ascending order).
+elemIndices :: ShortText -> TextArray -> [Int]
+elemIndices needle ta = [ i | IdxOfsLen i ofs n <- listOfsLen ta, cmp ofs n ]
+  where
+    !ba2   = st2ba needle
+    !ba2sz = sizeOfByteArray ba2
+
+    cmp !ofs1 !n = equalByteArray ba2 0 ba2sz (ta2ba ta) ofs1 n
+
+findAllOrd :: (Ordering -> Bool) -> ShortText -> TextArray -> [ShortText]
+findAllOrd ordFilter needle ta = [ mkst ofs n | IdxOfsLen _ ofs n <- listOfsLen ta, ordFilter (cmp ofs n) ]
+  where
+    !ba2   = st2ba needle
+    !ba2sz = sizeOfByteArray ba2
+
+    mkst !ofs1 !n = ba2st (sliceBA (ta2ba ta) ofs1 n)
+    cmp !ofs1 !n = compareByteArray ba2 0 ba2sz (ta2ba ta) ofs1 n
+
+findIndicesOrd :: (Ordering -> Bool) -> ShortText -> TextArray -> [Int]
+findIndicesOrd ordFilter needle ta = [ i | IdxOfsLen i ofs n <- listOfsLen ta, ordFilter (cmp ofs n) ]
+  where
+    !ba2   = st2ba needle
+    !ba2sz = sizeOfByteArray ba2
+
+    cmp !ofs1 !n = compareByteArray ba2 0 ba2sz (ta2ba ta) ofs1 n
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- internal helpers
+
+indexOfsLen :: TextArray -> Int -> Maybe IdxOfsLen
+indexOfsLen ta@(TA# ba) i
+  | i >= sz   = Nothing
+  | i < 0     = Nothing
+  | otherwise
+      = let i'    = i+1
+            ofs  = indexIntArray ba i'
+            ofs' | i'  == sz  = sizeOfByteArray ba
+                 | otherwise  = indexIntArray ba (i'+1)
+            !e    = IdxOfsLen i ofs (ofs'-ofs)
+        in Just e
+  where
+    sz = length ta
+
+indexOfsLen' :: TextArray -> Int -> IdxOfsLen
+indexOfsLen' ta@(TA# ba) i
+  | i >= sz   = IdxOfsLen 0 0 0
+  | i < 0     = IdxOfsLen 0 0 0
+  | otherwise
+      = let i'    = i+1
+            ofs  = indexIntArray ba i'
+            ofs' | i'  == sz  = sizeOfByteArray ba
+                 | otherwise  = indexIntArray ba (i'+1)
+        in IdxOfsLen i ofs (ofs'-ofs)
+  where
+    sz = length ta
+
+listOfsLen :: TextArray -> [IdxOfsLen]
+listOfsLen ta@(TA# ba)
+  | sz == 0 = []
+  | otherwise = go 1 (indexIntArray ba 1)
+  where
+    sz = length ta
+
+    go !i !ofs | i > sz     = []
+               | otherwise  = e : go (i+1) ofs'
+      where
+        !e   = IdxOfsLen (i-1) ofs n
+        n    = ofs'-ofs
+        ofs' | i == sz   = sizeOfByteArray ba
+             | otherwise = indexIntArray ba (i+1)
+
+sumLen :: [Int] -> (Int,Int)
+sumLen = go 0 0
+  where
+    go !s !l []     = (s,l)
+    go !s !l (x:xs) = go (s+x) (l+1) xs
diff --git a/src/Data/TextMap/Unboxed/Lazy.hs b/src/Data/TextMap/Unboxed/Lazy.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Data/TextMap/Unboxed/Lazy.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE MagicHash    #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes   #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE Trustworthy  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
+
+-- |
+-- Copyright: © 2017 Herbert Valerio Riedel
+-- License: GPLv3
+--
+-- This module provides the 'TextMap' container for storing maps of text keys to non-strict values.
+--
+-- This module is intended to be imported @qualified@, e.g.
+--
+-- > import           Data.TextMap.Unboxed.Lazy (TextMap)
+-- > import qualified Data.TextMap.Unboxed.Lazy as TextMap
+--
+-- The API of this module provides value-lazy operations.
+module Data.TextMap.Unboxed.Lazy
+    ( TextMap
+    , Key
+      -- * Querying & lookup
+    , size
+    , null
+    , member
+    , lookup
+    , (!?)
+    , findWithDefault
+    , lookupMin
+    , lookupMax
+    , lookupLE
+    , lookupGE
+
+      -- * Construction
+    , empty
+    , singleton
+    , fromList
+    , fromDistinctAscList
+    , fromMap
+
+      -- * Deconstruction
+    , toList
+    , toMap
+
+      -- * Traversals
+    , map
+
+    ) where
+
+import           Control.DeepSeq
+import qualified Data.Foldable        as F
+import           Data.Hashable        (Hashable (..))
+import qualified Data.Map.Lazy        as Map
+import qualified GHC.Exts             as GHC (IsList (..))
+import           Prelude              hiding (lookup, map, null)
+
+import           Data.TextSet.Unboxed (Key, TextSet)
+import qualified Data.TextSet.Unboxed as TS
+import           Internal
+
+-- | A map of (unboxed) 'ShortText' string keys to values.
+--
+-- The memory footprint of this data-structure is expressed in words
+--
+-- \[
+--  8 + 2n + \left\lceil \frac{1}{w} \sum_{i=0}^{n-1} len(k_i) \right\rceil + \sum_{i=0}^{n-1} size(v_i)
+-- \]
+--
+-- where
+--
+-- * the word-size \(w\) is either \(w = 4\) or \(w = 8\) bytes,
+-- * \(len(k_i)\) denotes the UTF-8 size in bytes of the \(i\)-th key string, and
+-- * \(size(v_i)\) denotes the allocated heap size of the \(i\)-th value in words.
+--
+-- __NOTE__: One word can be saved by unpacking 'TextMap' (i.e. via @{-\# UNPACK \#-}@) into another constructor.
+data TextMap v = TM !TextSet !(A v)
+               deriving (Eq)
+
+instance Ord v => Ord (TextMap v) where
+  compare a b = compare (toList a) (toList b)
+
+instance Show v => Show (TextMap v) where
+  showsPrec p m = showsPrec p (toList m)
+  show m        = show (toList m)
+
+instance Read v => Read (TextMap v) where
+  readsPrec p = fmap (\(x,s) -> (fromList x,s)) . readsPrec p
+
+instance GHC.IsList (TextMap v) where
+  type Item (TextMap v) = (Key,v)
+  fromList = fromList
+  toList   = toList
+
+instance NFData v => NFData (TextMap v) where
+  rnf (TM ks vs) = ks `deepseq` vs `deepseq` ()
+
+instance Hashable v => Hashable (TextMap v) where
+  hashWithSalt s (TM ks vs) = s `hashWithSalt` ks `hashWithSalt` vs
+
+instance Functor TextMap where
+  fmap = map
+  v <$ (TM ks vs) = TM ks (v <$ vs)
+
+instance Foldable TextMap where
+  foldMap f = F.foldMap f . elems
+  foldr f g = F.foldr f g . elems
+  toList    = elems
+  null      = null
+  length    = size
+
+instance Traversable TextMap where
+  traverse f (TM ks vs) = TM ks <$> arrayTraverse f vs
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(\log n)\). Lookup value for given key.
+--
+-- >>> fromList [("bb",False),("cc",True)] !? "cc"
+-- Just True
+--
+-- This is a 'flip'ped infix alias of 'lookup'.
+(!?) :: TextMap v -> Key -> Maybe v
+(!?) = flip lookup
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(\log n)\). Lookup value for given key.
+--
+-- >>> lookup "a" (fromList [("bb",False),("cc",True)])
+-- Nothing
+--
+-- >>> lookup "c" (fromList [("bb",False),("cc",True)])
+-- Nothing
+--
+-- >>> lookup "cc" (fromList [("bb",False),("cc",True)])
+-- Just True
+--
+-- >>> lookup "z" (fromList [("bb",False),("cc",True)])
+-- Nothing
+--
+lookup :: Key -> TextMap v -> Maybe v
+lookup k (TM ks vs) = indexArray vs <$> TS.lookupIndex k ks
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). Extract minimal key and its associated value.
+--
+-- >>> lookupMin empty
+-- Nothing
+--
+-- >>> lookupMin (fromList [("a",EQ),("b",GT),("c",LT)])
+-- Just ("a",EQ)
+--
+lookupMin :: TextMap v -> Maybe (Key,v)
+lookupMin (TM ks vs) = case TS.lookupMin ks of
+                         Nothing -> Nothing
+                         Just k  -> Just (k,indexArray vs 0)
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). Extract maximal key and its associated value.
+--
+-- >>> lookupMax empty
+-- Nothing
+--
+-- >>> lookupMax (fromList [("a",EQ),("b",GT),("c",LT)])
+-- Just ("c",LT)
+--
+lookupMax :: TextMap v -> Maybe (Key,v)
+lookupMax (TM ks vs) = case TS.lookupMax ks of
+                         Nothing -> Nothing
+                         Just k  -> Just (k,indexArray vs (sizeofArray vs - 1))
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(\log n)\). Lookup \"greatest\" key in map less or equal to given key and return key/value pair.
+--
+-- >>> lookupLE "a" (fromList [("bb",False),("cc",True)])
+-- Nothing
+--
+-- >>> lookupLE "c" (fromList [("bb",False),("cc",True)])
+-- Just ("bb",False)
+--
+-- >>> lookupLE "cc" (fromList [("bb",False),("cc",True)])
+-- Just ("cc",True)
+--
+-- >>> lookupLE "z" (fromList [("bb",False),("cc",True)])
+-- Just ("cc",True)
+--
+lookupLE :: Key -> TextMap v -> Maybe (Key,v)
+lookupLE k0 (TM ks vs) = case TS.lookupLE k0 ks of
+                          Nothing    -> Nothing
+                          Just (i,k) -> Just (k,indexArray vs i)
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(\log n)\). Lookup \"least\" key in map less or equal to given key and return key/value pair.
+--
+-- >>> lookupGE "a" (fromList [("bb",False),("cc",True)])
+-- Just ("bb",False)
+--
+-- >>> lookupGE "c" (fromList [("bb",False),("cc",True)])
+-- Just ("cc",True)
+--
+-- >>> lookupGE "cc" (fromList [("bb",False),("cc",True)])
+-- Just ("cc",True)
+--
+-- >>> lookupGE "z" (fromList [("bb",False),("cc",True)])
+-- Nothing
+--
+lookupGE :: Key -> TextMap v -> Maybe (Key,v)
+lookupGE k0 (TM ks vs) = case TS.lookupGE k0 ks of
+                          Nothing    -> Nothing
+                          Just (i,k) -> Just (k,indexArray vs i)
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(\log n)\). Lookup value for key in map or return default value if key not contained in map.
+--
+-- >>> findWithDefault True "z" (fromList [("bb",False),("cc",True)])
+-- True
+--
+-- >>> findWithDefault True "bb" (fromList [("bb",False),("cc",True)])
+-- False
+--
+-- See also 'lookup' or '!?'.
+findWithDefault :: v -> Key -> TextMap v -> v
+findWithDefault def k (TM ks vs) = maybe def (indexArray vs) (TS.lookupIndex k ks)
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n)\). Convert 'Map' to 'TextMap'.
+fromMap :: Map.Map Key v -> TextMap v
+fromMap m0 = TM ks vs
+  where
+    ks = TS.fromSet (Map.keysSet m0)
+    vs = arrayFromListN (TS.size ks) (Map.elems m0)
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n)\). Convert 'TextMap' to 'Map'.
+toMap :: TextMap v -> Map.Map Key v
+toMap m = Map.fromDistinctAscList (toList m)
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). Extract set of all keys.
+keysTextSet :: TextMap v -> TextSet
+keysTextSet (TM ks _) = ks
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(\log n)\). Test whether key is present in map.
+--
+-- >>> member "empty" empty
+-- False
+--
+-- >>> member "a" (fromList [("a",EQ),("b",GT),("c",LT)])
+-- True
+--
+-- >>> member "d" (fromList [("a",EQ),("b",GT),("c",LT)])
+-- False
+--
+member :: Key -> TextMap v -> Bool
+member k m = TS.member k (keysTextSet m)
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n)\). list all keys in ascending order.
+keys :: TextMap v -> [Key]
+keys m = TS.toList (keysTextSet m)
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n)\). list all values of the map in ascending order of their keys.
+elems :: TextMap v -> [v]
+elems (TM _ vs) = arrayToList vs
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n)\). list all key/value pairs of the map in ascending order of their keys.
+--
+-- >>> toList (fromList [("Hey",GT),("Jude",EQ),("Hey",LT),("Law",EQ),("Hey",EQ),("",EQ)])
+-- [("",EQ),("Hey",EQ),("Jude",EQ),("Law",EQ)]
+--
+toList :: TextMap v -> [(Key,v)]
+toList m = zip (keys m) (elems m)
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n \log n)\). Construct map from list of key/value pairs.
+--
+-- >>> toList (fromList [("Hey",GT),("Jude",EQ),("Hey",LT),("Law",EQ),("Hey",EQ),("",EQ)])
+-- [("",EQ),("Hey",EQ),("Jude",EQ),("Law",EQ)]
+--
+fromList :: [(Key,v)] -> TextMap v
+fromList []      = empty
+fromList [(k,v)] = singleton k v
+fromList kvs     = fromMap (Map.fromList kvs)
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n)\). Construct map from list with distinct keys in ascending order.
+--
+-- __NOTE__: If the input list is not strictly ascending, an 'error' is thrown.
+fromDistinctAscList :: [(Key,v)] -> TextMap v
+fromDistinctAscList as = TM ks vs
+  where
+    (ks0,vs0) = unzip as
+    ks = TS.fromDistinctAscList      ks0
+    vs = arrayFromListN (TS.size ks) vs0
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). An empty 'TextMap'.
+empty :: TextMap v
+empty = TM TS.empty emptyA
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). Construct map containing a single entry.
+--
+-- >>> toList (singleton "sa" LT)
+-- [("sa",LT)]
+--
+singleton :: Key -> v -> TextMap v
+singleton k v = TM (TS.singleton k) (arraySingleton v)
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). Report number of entries in map.
+--
+-- >>> size empty
+-- 0
+--
+-- >>> size (singleton "sa" LT)
+-- 1
+--
+-- >>> size (fromList [("a",True),("b",False),("a",False)])
+-- 2
+--
+size :: TextMap v -> Int
+size (TM _ vs) = sizeofArray vs
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). Test whether map is 'empty'.
+--
+-- >>> null empty
+-- True
+--
+-- >>> null (singleton "" ())
+-- False
+--
+null :: TextMap v -> Bool
+null m = size m == 0
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n)\). Apply function to values in map.
+--
+-- >>> toList (map not (fromList [("a",True),("b",False),("a",False)]))
+-- [("a",True),("b",True)]
+--
+-- This is a specialised version of 'fmap'.
+map :: (v->w) -> TextMap v -> TextMap w
+map f (TM ks vs) = TM ks (arrayMap f vs)
+
+-- $setup
+-- >>> :set -XOverloadedStrings
diff --git a/src/Data/TextSet/Unboxed.hs b/src/Data/TextSet/Unboxed.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Data/TextSet/Unboxed.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,363 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MagicHash                  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes                 #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE Trustworthy                #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies               #-}
+
+-- |
+-- Copyright: © 2017 Herbert Valerio Riedel
+-- License: GPLv3
+--
+-- This module provides the 'TextSet' container for storing sets of text strings.
+--
+-- This module is intended to be imported @qualified@, e.g.
+--
+-- > import           Data.TextSet.Unboxed (TextSet)
+-- > import qualified Data.TextSet.Unboxed as TextSet
+--
+module Data.TextSet.Unboxed
+    ( TextSet
+    , Key
+      -- * Querying & lookup
+    , size
+    , null
+    , member
+    , lookupMin
+    , lookupMax
+    , lookupLE
+    , lookupGE
+
+    , (!?)
+    , lookupIndex
+
+      -- * Construction
+    , empty
+    , singleton
+    , fromList
+    , fromDistinctAscList
+    , fromSet
+
+      -- * Deconstruction
+    , toList
+    , toArray
+    , toSet
+
+    ) where
+
+import           Control.DeepSeq
+import           Data.Hashable                   (Hashable)
+import qualified Data.Set                        as Set
+import           Data.Text.Short                 (ShortText)
+import qualified GHC.Exts                        as GHC
+import           Prelude                         hiding (null)
+
+import           Data.TextArray.Unboxed          (TextArray)
+import qualified Data.TextArray.Unboxed.Internal as TA
+import           Internal
+
+-- | A set of unboxed 'ShortText' strings
+--
+-- The memory footprint of this data-structure is a single heap object (an unlifted 'ByteArray#') with the size expressed in words
+--
+-- \[
+--  3 + n + \left\lceil \frac{1}{w} \sum_{i=0}^{n-1} len(s_i) \right\rceil
+-- \]
+--
+-- where the word-size \(w\) is either \(w = 4\) or \(w = 8\) bytes; and where \(len(s_i)\) denotes the UTF-8 size in bytes of the \(i\)-th text string.
+--
+-- NOTE: Depending on whether you @UNPACK@ the 'TextSet' wrapper, you need at least one additional word for the pointer to the internal 'ByteArray#' heap object.
+newtype TextSet = TS TextArray
+                deriving (Eq,Ord,NFData,Hashable)
+
+type Key = ShortText
+
+instance Show TextSet where
+  showsPrec p (TS ta) = showsPrec p ta
+  show (TS ta)        = show ta
+
+instance Read TextSet where
+  readsPrec p = map (\(x,s) -> (TS x,s)) . readsPrec p
+
+instance GHC.IsList TextSet where
+  type Item TextSet = Key
+  fromList = fromList
+  toList   = toList
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). An empty 'TextSet'.
+empty :: TextSet
+empty = TS TA.empty
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). Report number of elements in 'TextSet'.
+--
+-- >>> size empty
+-- 0
+--
+-- >>> size (singleton "")
+-- 1
+--
+-- >>> size (fromList ["Hey","Hey","Jude"])
+-- 2
+--
+size :: TextSet -> Int
+size (TS ta) = TA.length ta
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). Check for 'empty' set.
+--
+-- >>> null empty
+-- True
+--
+-- >>> null (singleton "")
+-- False
+--
+null :: TextSet -> Bool
+null (TS ta) = TA.null ta
+
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). Construct set containing one element.
+--
+-- >>> toList (singleton "alone")
+-- ["alone"]
+--
+singleton :: Key -> TextSet
+singleton = TS . TA.singleton
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n \log n)\). Construct set from list of elements.
+--
+-- >>> toList (fromList ["Hey","Jude","Hey","Law","Hey",""])
+-- ["","Hey","Jude","Law"]
+--
+fromList :: [Key] -> TextSet
+fromList []  = empty
+fromList [x] = singleton x
+fromList xs  = fromSet (Set.fromList xs)
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n)\). Construct set from list of distinct elements in ascending order.
+--
+-- __NOTE__: If the input list is not strictly ascending, an 'error' is thrown.
+fromDistinctAscList :: [Key] -> TextSet
+fromDistinctAscList [] = empty
+fromDistinctAscList xs
+  | isMonotonic xs = TS (TA.fromList xs)
+  | otherwise      = error "fromDistinctAscList: invalid argument"
+
+isMonotonic :: [Key] -> Bool
+isMonotonic [] = True
+isMonotonic [_] = True
+isMonotonic (x:xs) = go x xs
+  where
+    go _ [] = True
+    go y (y':ys)
+      | y < y'    = go y' ys
+      | otherwise = False
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n)\). Convert 'Set' to 'TextSet'.
+fromSet :: Set.Set Key -> TextSet
+fromSet = TS . TA.fromList . Set.toAscList
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n)\). Convert 'TextSet' to 'Set'.
+toSet :: TextSet -> Set.Set Key
+toSet = Set.fromDistinctAscList . toList
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(n)\). Convert 'TextSet' to list of 'ShortText' in ascending order.
+toList :: TextSet -> [Key]
+toList (TS ta) = TA.toList ta
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). Convert 'TextSet' to 'TextArray' of 'ShortText' in ascending order.
+--
+-- >>> toList (fromList ["Hey","Jude","Hey","Law","Hey",""])
+-- ["","Hey","Jude","Law"]
+--
+toArray :: TextSet -> TextArray
+toArray (TS ta) = ta
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). Extract minimal element from set.
+--
+-- >>> lookupMin empty
+-- Nothing
+--
+-- >>> lookupMin (fromList ["a","b","c"])
+-- Just "a"
+--
+lookupMin :: TextSet -> Maybe Key
+lookupMin (TS ta) = ta TA.!? 0
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). Extract maximal element from set.
+--
+-- >>> lookupMax empty
+-- Nothing
+--
+-- >>> lookupMax (fromList ["a","b","c"])
+-- Just "c"
+--
+lookupMax :: TextSet -> Maybe Key
+lookupMax (TS ta) = ta TA.!? (TA.length ta - 1)
+
+
+-- TODO: isProperSubsetOf isSubsetOf union intersection difference
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- lookup
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(\log n)\). Test whether set contains a string.
+--
+-- >>> member "empty" empty
+-- False
+--
+-- >>> member "a" (fromList ["a","b","c"])
+-- True
+--
+-- >>> member "d" (fromList ["a","b","c"])
+-- False
+--
+member :: Key -> TextSet -> Bool
+member t ts = case lookupIndexNear LBelow t ts of
+                LResExact _ -> True
+                _           -> False
+
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(1)\). Retrieve \(i\)-th element in the sorted sequence of elements.
+--
+-- >>> fromList ["Hey","","Jude"] !? 0
+-- Just ""
+--
+-- >>> fromList ["Hey","","Jude"] !? 1
+-- Just "Hey"
+--
+-- >>> fromList ["Hey","","Jude"] !? 3
+-- Nothing
+--
+-- See also 'lookupIndex'.
+(!?) :: TextSet -> Int -> Maybe Key
+(TS ta) !? i = ta TA.!? i
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(\log n)\). Look up element in set and report its zero-based index in the sorted sequence elements.
+--
+-- >>> lookupIndex "" (fromList ["Hey","","Jude"])
+-- Just 0
+--
+-- >>> lookupIndex "Hey" (fromList ["Hey","","Jude"])
+-- Just 1
+--
+-- >>> lookupIndex "Law" (fromList ["Hey","","Jude"])
+-- Nothing
+--
+-- See also '!?'.
+lookupIndex :: Key -> TextSet -> Maybe Int
+lookupIndex t ts = case lookupIndexNear LBelow t ts of
+                     LResExact (IdxOfsLen i _ _) -> Just i
+                     _                           -> Nothing
+
+mkist :: TextSet -> IdxOfsLen -> (Int, Key)
+mkist (TS ta) (IdxOfsLen i ofs n) = (i, ba2st (sliceBA (TA.ta2ba ta) ofs n))
+
+-- TODO: lookupLT lookupGT
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(\log n)\). Look up \"greatest\" string (together with its index) in set less or equal to given string.
+--
+-- >>> lookupLE "a" (fromList ["bb","cc"])
+-- Nothing
+--
+-- >>> lookupLE "c" (fromList ["bb","cc"])
+-- Just (0,"bb")
+--
+-- >>> lookupLE "cc" (fromList ["bb","cc"])
+-- Just (1,"cc")
+--
+-- >>> lookupLE "z" (fromList ["bb","cc"])
+-- Just (1,"cc")
+--
+lookupLE :: Key -> TextSet -> Maybe (Int,Key)
+lookupLE t ts = case lookupIndexNear LAbove t ts of
+                  LResAbove res -> Just (mkist ts res)
+                  LResExact res -> Just (mkist ts res)
+                  _             -> Nothing
+
+-- | \(\mathcal{O}(\log n)\). Look up \"least\" string (together with its index) in set greater or equal to given string.
+--
+-- >>> lookupGE "a" (fromList ["bb","cc"])
+-- Just (0,"bb")
+--
+-- >>> lookupGE "c" (fromList ["bb","cc"])
+-- Just (1,"cc")
+--
+-- >>> lookupGE "cc" (fromList ["bb","cc"])
+-- Just (1,"cc")
+--
+-- >>> lookupGE "z" (fromList ["bb","cc"])
+-- Nothing
+--
+lookupGE :: Key -> TextSet -> Maybe (Int,Key)
+lookupGE t ts = case lookupIndexNear LBelow t ts of
+                  LResBelow res -> Just (mkist ts res)
+                  LResExact res -> Just (mkist ts res)
+                  _             -> Nothing
+
+data LRes = LResEmpty              -- empty set
+          | LResExact   !IdxOfsLen -- exact match
+          | LResBelow   !IdxOfsLen -- inexact match, needle is /below/ IdxOfsLen entry
+          | LResAbove   !IdxOfsLen -- inexact match, needle is /above/ IdxOfsLen entry
+          deriving Show
+
+-- | associativity of 'lookupIndexNear'
+data LMode = LBelow -- if between two entries, return 'LResBelow'
+           | LAbove -- if between two entries, return 'LResAbove'
+
+-- Find near entry
+--
+-- NB: the implementation of 'lookupIndex{L,R}' differs only in two places, marked with (I) and (II) comments
+lookupIndexNear :: LMode -> Key -> TextSet -> LRes
+lookupIndexNear mode x (TS ta)
+  | ui0 <   0 = LResEmpty
+  | otherwise = case cmpBA lv0 of
+      LT -> LResBelow lv0
+      EQ -> LResExact lv0
+      GT -> case cmpBA uv0 of
+              GT -> LResAbove uv0
+              EQ -> LResExact uv0
+              LT -> case mode of
+                      LAbove -> goL li0 ui0 -- invariant: lv0 < v < uv0   && li < ui
+                      LBelow -> goR li0 ui0 -- invariant: lv0 < v < uv0   && li < ui
+  where
+    li0 = 0
+    ui0 = TA.length ta - 1
+
+    lv0, uv0 :: IdxOfsLen
+    lv0 = TA.indexOfsLen' ta li0
+    uv0 = TA.indexOfsLen' ta ui0
+
+    cmpBA = cmpBA2OfsLen (st2ba x) (TA.ta2ba ta)
+
+    -----------------------------------------------
+
+    goL :: Int -> Int -> LRes
+    goL li ui -- invariant: li < ui
+      | mi == li  = LResAbove mv -- closest match -- (I)
+      | otherwise = case cmpBA mv of
+                      LT -> goL li mi -- go left
+                      EQ -> LResExact mv -- exact match
+                      GT -> goL mi ui -- go right
+      where
+        mi = mid li ui
+        mv = TA.indexOfsLen' ta mi
+
+        mid :: Int -> Int -> Int
+        mid li' ui' = li' + quot (ui'-li') 2 -- (II)
+
+    goR :: Int -> Int -> LRes
+    goR li ui -- invariant: li < ui
+      | mi == ui  = LResBelow mv -- closest match -- (I)
+      | otherwise = case cmpBA mv of
+                      LT -> goR li mi    -- go left
+                      EQ -> LResExact mv -- exact match
+                      GT -> goR mi ui    -- go right
+      where
+        mi = mid li ui
+        mv = TA.indexOfsLen' ta mi
+
+        mid :: Int -> Int -> Int
+        mid li' ui' = ui' - quot (ui'-li') 2 -- (II)
+
+
+
+-- $setup
+-- >>> :set -XOverloadedStrings
diff --git a/src/Internal.hs b/src/Internal.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Internal.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MagicHash        #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes       #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE UnboxedTuples    #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE UnliftedFFITypes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE Unsafe           #-}
+
+-- |
+-- Copyright: © 2017 Herbert Valerio Riedel
+-- License: GPLv3
+module Internal where
+
+import           Control.DeepSeq
+import           Control.Monad.ST
+import           Data.Bits
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Short          as SBS
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Short.Internal as SBS
+import           Data.Hashable                  (Hashable (..),
+                                                 hashByteArrayWithSalt)
+import           Data.Text.Short                (ShortText)
+import qualified Data.Text.Short                as TS
+import qualified Data.Text.Short.Unsafe         as TS
+import           Foreign.C.Types
+import           GHC.Exts                       (Int (..))
+import           GHC.Prim
+import           GHC.ST                         (ST (ST))
+import           Prelude                        hiding (elem, length, null)
+import           System.IO.Unsafe
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- GHC (Mutable)ByteArray# helpers
+
+-- | Wordsize in bytes
+wordSize :: Int
+wordSize = case finiteBitSize (0 :: Int) of
+             32 -> 4
+             64 -> 8
+             _  -> error "unsupported wordSize"
+
+data BA    = BA#   ByteArray#
+data MBA s = MBA# (MutableByteArray# s)
+
+ba2sbs :: BA -> SBS.ShortByteString
+ba2sbs (BA# x) = SBS.SBS x
+
+ba2st :: BA -> ShortText
+ba2st = TS.fromShortByteStringUnsafe . ba2sbs
+
+st2ba :: ShortText -> BA
+st2ba x = case TS.toShortByteString x of
+            SBS.SBS y -> BA# y
+
+copyByteArray :: BA -> Int -> MBA s -> Int -> Int -> ST s ()
+copyByteArray (BA# src#) (I# srcOfs#) (MBA# dest#) (I# destOfs#) (I# n#)
+  = ST $ \s -> case copyByteArray# src# srcOfs# dest# destOfs# n# s of
+                 s' -> (# s', () #)
+
+indexIntArray :: BA -> Int -> Int
+indexIntArray (BA# ba#) (I# i#)
+  = I# (indexIntArray# ba# i#)
+
+sizeOfByteArray :: BA -> Int
+sizeOfByteArray (BA# ba#) = I# (sizeofByteArray# ba#)
+
+writeIntArray :: MBA s -> Int -> Int -> ST s ()
+writeIntArray (MBA# mba#) (I# i#) (I# j#)
+  = ST $ \s -> case writeIntArray# mba# i# j# s of
+                 s' -> (# s', () #)
+
+newByteArray :: Int -> ST s (MBA s)
+newByteArray (I# n#)
+  = ST $ \s -> case newByteArray# n# s of
+                 (# s', mba# #) -> (# s', MBA# mba# #)
+
+unsafeFreezeByteArray :: MBA s -> ST s BA
+unsafeFreezeByteArray (MBA# mba#)
+  = ST $ \s -> case unsafeFreezeByteArray# mba# s of
+                 (# s', ba# #) -> (# s', BA# ba# #)
+
+createBA :: Int -> (forall s. MBA s -> ST s ()) -> BA
+createBA n go = runST $ do
+  mba <- newByteArray n
+  go mba
+  unsafeFreezeByteArray mba
+
+sliceBA :: BA -> Int -> Int -> BA
+sliceBA orig ofs0 n = createBA n $ \mba -> copyByteArray orig ofs0 mba 0 n
+
+instance Hashable BA where
+  hashWithSalt salt ba@(BA# ba#) = hashByteArrayWithSalt ba# 0 (sizeOfByteArray ba) salt
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+data A e = A# (Array# e)
+data MA s e = MA# (MutableArray# s e)
+
+sizeofArray :: A e -> Int
+sizeofArray (A# a#) = I# (sizeofArray# a#)
+
+indexArray :: A e -> Int -> e
+indexArray (A# a#) (I# i#)
+  = case indexArray# a# i# of (# e #) -> e
+
+writeArray :: MA s e -> Int -> e -> ST s ()
+writeArray (MA# ma#) (I# i#) e
+  = ST $ \s -> case writeArray# ma# i# e s of
+                 s' -> (# s', () #)
+
+newArray :: Int -> e -> ST s (MA s e)
+newArray (I# n#) e
+  = ST $ \s -> case newArray# n# e s of
+                 (# s', ma# #) -> (# s', MA# ma# #)
+
+unsafeFreezeArray :: MA s e -> ST s (A e)
+unsafeFreezeArray (MA# ma#)
+  = ST $ \s -> case unsafeFreezeArray# ma# s of
+                 (# s', a# #) -> (# s', A# a# #)
+
+createA :: Int -> e -> (forall s. MA s e -> ST s ()) -> A e
+createA n e go = runST $ do
+  ma <- newArray n e
+  go ma
+  unsafeFreezeArray ma
+
+{-# NOINLINE emptyA #-}
+emptyA :: A e
+emptyA = runST $ do
+  ma <- newArray 0 undefined
+  unsafeFreezeArray ma
+
+arraySingleton :: e -> A e
+arraySingleton x = runST $ do
+  ma <- newArray 1 x
+  unsafeFreezeArray ma
+
+arrayFromListN :: Int -> [e] -> A e
+arrayFromListN n xs0 = createA n undefined $ \ma -> do
+    let go !_ [] = pure ()
+        go !i (x:xs) = do
+          writeArray ma i x
+          go (i+1) xs
+    go 0 xs0
+
+arrayMap :: (a->b) -> A a -> A b
+arrayMap f arr = createA sz undefined $ \ma -> do
+    let go i | i < sz = do
+                 writeArray ma i (f (indexArray arr i))
+                 go (i+1)
+             | otherwise = pure ()
+    go 0
+  where
+    !sz = sizeofArray arr
+
+arrayTraverse :: Applicative f => (a -> f b) -> A a -> f (A b)
+arrayTraverse act arr = arrayFromListN (sizeofArray arr) <$> traverse act (arrayToList arr)
+
+arrayToList :: A e -> [e]
+arrayToList arr = go 0
+  where
+    !sz = sizeofArray arr
+    go i | i < sz    = indexArray arr i : go (i+1)
+         | otherwise = []
+
+instance NFData e => NFData (A e) where
+  rnf arr = rnf (arrayToList arr)
+
+instance Show e => Show (A e) where
+  showsPrec p = showsPrec p . arrayToList
+
+instance Eq e => Eq (A e) where
+  xs == ys  = arrayToList xs == arrayToList ys
+
+instance Ord e => Ord (A e) where
+  compare xs ys = compare (arrayToList xs) (arrayToList ys)
+
+instance Functor A where
+  fmap = arrayMap
+  v <$ arr0 = runST $ do
+    ma <- newArray (sizeofArray arr0) v
+    unsafeFreezeArray ma
+
+instance Hashable e => Hashable (A e) where
+  hashWithSalt salt = hashWithSalt salt . arrayToList
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+equalByteArray :: BA -> Int -> Int -> BA -> Int -> Int -> Bool
+equalByteArray (BA# ba1#) !ofs1 !n1 (BA# ba2#) !ofs2 !n2
+  | n1 /= n2  = False
+  | n1 == 0   = True
+  | otherwise = unsafeDupablePerformIO (c_memcmp ba1# (fromIntegral ofs1) ba2# (fromIntegral ofs2) (fromIntegral n2)) == 0
+
+compareByteArray :: BA -> Int -> Int -> BA -> Int -> Int -> Ordering
+compareByteArray (BA# ba1#) !ofs1 !n1 (BA# ba2#) !ofs2 !n2
+  | n == 0 = compare n1 n2
+  | otherwise = case unsafeDupablePerformIO (c_memcmp ba1# (fromIntegral ofs1) ba2# (fromIntegral ofs2) (fromIntegral n)) of
+      r | r < 0     -> LT
+        | r > 0     -> GT
+        | n1 < n2   -> LT
+        | n1 > n2   -> GT
+        | otherwise -> EQ
+  where
+    n = n1 `min` n2
+
+data IdxOfsLen = IdxOfsLen !Int !Int !Int
+               deriving Show
+
+cmpBA2OfsLen :: BA -> BA -> IdxOfsLen -> Ordering
+cmpBA2OfsLen !ba !ba2 = \(IdxOfsLen _ ofs n) -> compareByteArray ba 0 (sizeOfByteArray ba) ba2 ofs n
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "hs_text_containers_memcmp"
+  c_memcmp :: ByteArray# -> CSize -> ByteArray# -> CSize -> CSize -> IO CInt
+
+
+
+
+{-
+hexdumpBA :: BA -> String
+hexdumpBA ba = go 0
+  where
+    go j | j < sz    = (h (indexWord8Array ba j) (spacer (go (j+1))))
+         | otherwise = ""
+      where
+        spacer = if j `rem` 8 == 7 then (' ':) else id
+
+    sz = sizeOfByteArray ba
+
+    h :: Word8 -> ShowS
+    h x | x < 0x10  = showHex x . ('0':)
+        | otherwise = showHex x
+
+    indexWord8Array :: BA -> Int -> Word8
+    indexWord8Array (BA# ba#) (I# i#)
+      = W8# (indexWord8Array# ba# i#)
+-}
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/text-containers.cabal b/text-containers.cabal
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-containers.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+cabal-version:       2.0
+
+name:                text-containers
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Memory-efficient string-indexed container types.
+
+copyright:           © 2017 Herbert Valerio Riedel
+license:             GPL-3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Herbert Valerio Riedel
+maintainer:          hvr@gnu.org
+category:            Data, Data Structures
+build-type:          Simple
+bug-reports:         https://github.com/hvr/text-containers/issues
+
+description: {
+This package provides memory-optimised implementations of string-indexed container types.
+.
+The API is aligned with the naming convention of the [containers](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/containers) package's API.
+.
+The following data-structures are provided:
+.
+["Data.TextArray.Unboxed"] Array of unboxed 'ShortText' strings.
+["Data.TextSet.Unboxed"] Set of unboxed 'ShortText' strings.
+["Data.TextMap.Unboxed.Lazy"] Associative map from unboxed 'ShortText' keys to non-strict values.
+.
+Where /unboxed ShortText/ refers to strings being stored in their UTF-8 representation without any alignment/padding back-to-back thereby providing good memory locality for index operations, avoiding pointer chasing, as well as increasing memory efficiency by reducing memory waste due to alignment.
+}
+
+source-repository head
+  type:              git
+  location:          https://github.com/hvr/text-containers.git
+
+library
+  default-language:  Haskell2010
+
+  exposed-modules:   Data.TextArray.Unboxed
+                     Data.TextSet.Unboxed
+                     Data.TextMap.Unboxed.Lazy
+
+  other-modules:     Data.TextArray.Unboxed.Internal
+                     Internal
+
+  build-depends:     base       ^>= 4.8.0.0 || ^>= 4.9.0.0 || ^>= 4.10.0.0
+                   , ghc-prim   ^>= 0.4.0.0 || ^>= 0.5.0.0
+
+                   , bytestring ^>= 0.10.6
+                   , containers ^>= 0.5.6.2
+                   , deepseq    ^>= 1.4.1.1
+                   , hashable   ^>= 1.2.6.1
+                   , text-short ^>= 0.1.1
+
+  hs-source-dirs:    src
+
+  c-sources:         cbits/cbits.c
+
+  if !impl(ghc >= 8.0)
+    build-depends: semigroups ^>= 0.18.3
+
+  ghc-options:       -Wall
+
+  if impl(ghc >= 8.0)
+    ghc-options:     -Wcompat -Wnoncanonical-monad-instances -Wnoncanonical-monadfail-instances
+
+
+test-suite text-containers
+  default-language:  Haskell2010
+
+  hs-source-dirs:    src-tests
+  main-is:           tests.hs
+
+  type:              exitcode-stdio-1.0
+
+  -- internal dependency
+  build-depends:     text-containers
+
+  -- constraints inherited via lib:text-containers component
+  build-depends:     base
+                   , bytestring
+                   , containers
+                   , text-short
+
+  -- dependencies requiring constraints
+  build-depends:     QuickCheck           ^>= 2.10.1
+                   , quickcheck-instances ^>= 0.3.16
+                   , tasty                ^>= 0.11.2.5
+                   , tasty-quickcheck     ^>= 0.9.1
+                   , text                 ^>= 1.2.2.2
+                   , vector               ^>= 0.12.0.1
+
+  ghc-options:       -Wall
+
+  if impl(ghc >= 8.0)
+    ghc-options:     -Wcompat -Wnoncanonical-monad-instances -Wnoncanonical-monadfail-instances
