#48: Proposal: platform should provide utf8 IO support
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Reporter: dons | Owner: dons
Type: enhancement | Status: closed
Priority: major | Milestone: 2009.4.0
Component: Package Addition | Resolution: wontfix
Keywords: |
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Changes (by dons):
* status: new => closed
* resolution: => wontfix
Old description:
> {{{
> Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 16:23:31 -0700
> From: Simon Michael
> To: librar...@haskell.org
> Subject: add utf8-string in haskell platform
>
> I'd like to request that utf8-string be added to the haskell platform, so
> that HP users can work with
> +non-ascii text
> }}}
>
> Options for this are:
>
> * text : adds new C dependencies (icu)?
> * utf8-string : workaround for utf8 encoded String, widely used.
>
> * A discussion took place:
> http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2009-May/thread.html#11704
>
> We may be agreed that utf8 is needed, but have yet to see anyone propose
> a specific library.
New description:
Support for utf8 has been requested. However, no specific package was
proposed. Closing this in favour of specific package requests.
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{{{
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 16:23:31 -0700
From: Simon Michael
Subject: add utf8-string in haskell platform
I'd like to request that utf8-string be added to the haskell platform, so
that HP users can work with non-ascii text
}}}
== Discussion ==
* A discussion took place:
http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2009-May/thread.html#11704
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