[haskell-platform] #48: utf8 IO support

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#48: utf8 IO support
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 Reporter:  dons         |        Owner:  dons    
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  new     
 Priority:  major        |    Milestone:  2009.4.0
Component:  Platform     |   Resolution:          
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Comment (by dons):

 Bryan O'Sullivan:

 I'd rather this wasn't added. It's an acceptable crutch for the short
 term, but
 we shouldn't be using String for text manipulation, and bundling
 utf8-string
 implicitly blesses that approach. The text library needs a few weeks of
 polish
 and some more testing work for QA, but it'll be the right answer well
 before
 the end of this year.

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