reanimate-svg is slow

[joseedil]

• Don't force paths to be decoded. Something like Either [PathCommand] Text would be better. And perhaps use vectors instead of lists.
• Don't convert to XML before serializing.
• Don't serialize to String. Use blaze-svg to serialize directly to Text or directly to a file.
• Don't use String internally, use Text instead. For inlined images, this makes a big difference.
• Speculative: Compress SVG tree by using {-# UNPACK #-}?

[joseedil]

@lemmih would there be any practical difference between the strict and lazy versions of Text on this application?

[lemmih]

I wouldn't think so.