#5218: Add unpackCStringLen# to create Strings from string literals -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: tibbe | Owner: thoughtpolice Type: feature request | Status: new 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): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by osa1):

E.g. turn foo (# a, b, c #) into foo a b c

Yes. That's the easy part (see `RepType.repType`), the problem is returning tuples, it needs support from the code generator. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5218#comment:48 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler