#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):

My understanding of this problem is that we want a way to tell ghc how to compile literals.

That's the bit under "Haskell" in comment:86. But we still need to compile them into something. But what? That's the bit under "Core" in comment:86. Once we have the Core bit settled we can return to the Haskell bit. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5218#comment:88 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler