One tiny amendment to a comment(!) in the non-normative(!) code in Phase 3:
data WindowsFilePath = WFP ByteArray# -- UTF16 data If a Windows file path is valid UTF-16 then it is displayed as such in the GUI, but if not it's still a legal file path. It really is just wchar_t[] data: data WindowsFilePath = WFP ByteArray# -- wchar_t[] data as passed to syscalls This seems to be the source of some confusion. Cheers, David On 26 June 2015 at 17:08, Herbert Valerio Riedel <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello *, > > What? > ===== > > We (see From: & CC: headers) propose, plain and simple, to turn the > currently defined type-synonym > > type FilePath = String > > into an abstract/opaque data type instead. > > Why/How/When? > ============= > > For details (including motivation and a suggested transition scheme) > please consult > > https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Proposal/AbstractFilePath > > > > Suggested discussion period: 4 weeks > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1 > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJVjXkZAAoJELo8uj/+IrV0WXUP/0romoKazwLbQpaMAKgCNZon > BsY8Di44w6rkbdBXoky0xZooII8LJJyQfexH0BLRYEVLZFy0+LB8XzpPt8Ekg526 > YlY4x0qFm9oiJbJDMqHUnb6z6Lr2KxzBcV37drTPbltUA+HB49DUVkkPbvHimpL2 > 28SIyhAr4fN6fLpGcFAkv6Rcs0mkvnTp7vsC0HNyshmGi6qQ+C+eB4mklQzWOPcn > koHZ2wtI8AJmyTdHKcXKAIFM0r+xl4MJ5445IvDjvIuGXZCzybXMw9Ss/4wSG3VN > qSIJVEDGZXrBCc12fPxPEB0Bqx9MIVytjplXKIo8rFrk93h3at9t9kDM26z+9PZ5 > KYnEdjRKF4KL4j+3xqJDOEJT15GVRbGRRzb9A8xH0YIQ0S3Q3pt1PAfla1Hss75+ > NRQgfowZYryL9dfCkAj2XNfdQ+pUk25N3bNig11se+zjk2JO77QRM0u3GOYZ9+CU > tSlwhtIMF32xnjgQyWE5yBBiEg3/Y+S+809tVaPseUEzkQJXMGq5TFxBrN6bj1Vm > awr6QghThKjeoRwky5bmFn/gept/lbYN6VV5B6gNznGP5xgFrmvVtmjbQJBRMYCv > aEUnrYqxkkbIddJjD5gl771/LWH4M2F1yBgJjfiZw2paEVAXKxEr327LsbOQaPdb > HjIPRrJbVK9AABo4AZ/Y > =lg0o > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries >
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