Question

How can I convert the internal value to a Data.Text.Text?

import qualified Data.Text as T
import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.IO as X

main = do
    name <- X.readFile "someFile"

How can I convert the value in name to T.Text?

Answer 1

There’s a function explicitly for that, Data.Text.Lazy.toStrict.

I suppose you’re actually doing something else in between that requires reading as a lazy Text, otherwise, you should read as a strict Text directly of course.