#2302: error messages mangle unicode characters
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    Reporter:  guest    |       Owner:          
        Type:  bug      |      Status:  new     
    Priority:  normal   |   Component:  Compiler
     Version:  6.8.2    |    Severity:  normal  
    Keywords:           |    Testcase:          
Architecture:  Unknown  |          Os:  Linux   
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 ghc/ghci understand source code written in UTF-8. However, an error
 message that contains such characters will turn them into gibberish. This
 is especially annoying in ghci:

 {{{
 *> ä

 <interactive>:1:0: Not in scope: `�'
 *> Ȫ

 <interactive>:1:0: Not in scope: data constructor `*'
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2302>
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