[GHC] #14876: Reading source files in text mode so that we get CRLF conversion under Windows?

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#14876: Reading source files in text mode so that we get CRLF conversion under
Windows?
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        Reporter:  SimonHengel       |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.2.2
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Comment (by bgamari):

 GHC uses its `StringBuffer` abstraction, which is essentially just a
 bytestring, to read source files. `hGetStringBuffer` opens the file in
 binary mode, leaving UTF-8 decoding to `nextChar` and friends. In
 principle we could probably do newline conversion there.

 That being said, I'm a bit weary of changing this in fear of breaking
 someone relying on the current behavior.

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