#11529: Show instance of Char should print literals for non-ascii printable charcters -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: nushio | Owner: Type: bug | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.3 Resolution: invalid | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by nushio): * status: new => closed * resolution: => invalid Comment: Dear thomie, thank you for your comment. Yes, `-interactive-print` is a great feature! I regret that I was not able to search out this has been done for years. There are also several customized `show` function proposed, like `myShow` here. However, when I used it in some detail, I found that printing in Unicode has many corner cases that are more difficult than it seems .... As far as I have searched, I cannot find a unicode-printing function that satisfies `read . unicode_show == id` for sufficiently many types. For example, https://gist.github.com/nushio3/4a10f3c0092295696daf Thus, I decided to start a small package `-interactive-print`ing. http://hackage.haskell.org/package/unicode-show I wish this helps many people enjoy Haskell! -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11529#comment:5 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler