# Binary and file handling in Elm

**URL:** <https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/binary-and-file-handling-in-elm/1924>\
**Category:** Request Feedback\
**Created:** [September 9, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/binary-and-file-handling-in-elm/1924 "2018-09-09T12:05:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/binary-and-file-handling-in-elm/1924/7 "2018-09-09T16:50:00Z")

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> [@mattpiz](#):
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> I think my main mistake was trying to cover everything, I didn’t have the time or energy to do so.

Yes, I think so too. It’s not the Elm way to just cover an existing API. I see very little use for the full flora of Typed Arrays, one good `Bytes` type should do the trick.

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