#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: strings 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, #9719 | Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by simonpj):
It's the ability to choose between Addr# or ByteArray#' or (# Int#, Addr# #), etc. that matters
That's a separate issue. It is indeed what `OverloadedStrings` is for. Perhaps we can have a new ticket for it. But we can't talk meaningfully about it until we settle the first issue: what are the primitive types and operations over them. There I think we have a preliminary consensus, with `B#` = `ByteArray#`. Moreover, I think jscholl has a preliminary implementation (comment:74). jscholl: would you like to write up your design as a wiki page? Can you share it? -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5218#comment:93 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler