[Swan-dev] can shunk_t (string chunk) be merged into chunk_t (byte chunk)

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Paul Wouters <paul at nohats.ca>

| I am not a fan of shunk_t. I think the abstraction adds too much
| complexity. Things are already hard enough to understand for
| outsiders.

If the abstraction is used enough, it pays for itself.  In other
words, understanding the abstraction takes work, but there is a saving
of work for each use of the abstraction.