explicit theory qualifier for session "HOL-Proofs": its theory name space overlaps with session "HOL", even for further imports;
(*  Title:      Pure/General/buffer.ML
    Author:     Markus Wenzel, TU Muenchen
Efficient text buffers.
*)
signature BUFFER =
sig
  type T
  val empty: T
  val add: string -> T -> T
  val markup: Markup.T -> (T -> T) -> T -> T
  val content: T -> string
  val output: T -> BinIO.outstream -> unit
end;
structure Buffer: BUFFER =
struct
datatype T = Buffer of string list;
val empty = Buffer [];
fun add "" buf = buf
  | add x (Buffer xs) = Buffer (x :: xs);
fun markup m body =
  let val (bg, en) = Markup.output m
  in add bg #> body #> add en end;
fun content (Buffer xs) = implode (rev xs);
fun output (Buffer xs) stream =
  List.app (fn s => BinIO.output (stream, Byte.stringToBytes s)) (rev xs);
end;