#5218: Add unpackCStringLen# to create Strings from string literals -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: tibbe | Owner: thoughtpolice Type: feature request | Status: patch Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.0.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: Runtime | Unknown/Multiple performance bug | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: #5877 #10064 | Differential Rev(s): Phab:D2443 #11312 | Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by phadej): jscholl, I'd like to participate on the proposal, bgamari mentioned above. I really think we (= community) should design this properly, as you mentioned `Addr#` and `ByteArray#` are confusing. Also Unicode/encodings add some complexity. The reward, is that we can close many tickets (at least #11312 with "single" change. I still try to wrap my head around internals, and my friends' weading is in 20 hours, so I'll return to this only next week -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5218#comment:76 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler