Hello,

    I expected "read" to work directly on a Data.Text because Data.Text has an instance of the Read class, but it seems to fail:

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import Data.Text

main = do
    let a = pack "1"
    let b = read a :: Int
    putStrLn "parsed OK"
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test.hs:5:22:
    Couldn't match expected type `String' with actual type `Text'
    In the first argument of `read', namely `a'
    In the expression: read a :: Int
    In an equation for `b': b = read a :: Int


Sure I can do "read (unpack a) :: Int" but there must be a way to do it directly?

Emmanuel