#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 winter): @simonpj let say we fixed `B#` to `ByteArray#` , people still want to ask compiler turn literal into `ByteArray#` in different ways, maybe ASCII with overflow warning , maybe standard utf8. The point is we can't fix how compiler compile literal into `B#` or whatever primitive we choose.I fail to see how above "Core" section mention that. And I really don't think the problem laid in a universal `B#` selection: I just the ability to choose between `Addr#` or `ByteArray#' or `(# Int#, Addr# #)`. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5218#comment:90 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler