#5153: System.Environment.getArgs does not UTF-8 decode arguments even in UTF-8
locale
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Reporter: Athas | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: libraries/base
Version: 7.0.3 | Keywords: utf-8, utf8, unicode, getArgs,
options, argv
Testcase: | Blockedby:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Blocking:
Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Failure: None/Unknown
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getArgs is implemented as simply dereferencing argv and returning a list
of the octets passed as arguments, resulting in unexpected results for
multibyte characters. I think it would be more natural if getArgs
performed locale-relevant decoding, and a more low-level function (perhaps
returning ByteStrings) was available for when you really want the raw
arguments.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5153>
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