[Git][ghc/ghc][master] ByteArray# is unlifted, not unboxed

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Commits:
d3863cb7 by Bodigrim at 2022-10-11T18:03:37-04:00
ByteArray# is unlifted, not unboxed

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1 changed file:

- libraries/base/Data/Array/Byte.hs


Changes:

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libraries/base/Data/Array/Byte.hs
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@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ import GHC.Show (intToDigit)
 import GHC.ST (ST(..), runST)
 import GHC.Word (Word8(..))
 
--- | Boxed wrapper for 'ByteArray#'.
+-- | Lifted wrapper for 'ByteArray#'.
 --
 -- Since 'ByteArray#' is an unlifted type and not a member of kind 'Data.Kind.Type',
 -- things like @[ByteArray#]@ or @IO ByteArray#@ are ill-typed. To work around this
--- inconvenience this module provides a standard boxed wrapper, inhabiting 'Data.Kind.Type'.
+-- inconvenience this module provides a standard lifted wrapper, inhabiting 'Data.Kind.Type'.
 -- Clients are expected to use 'ByteArray' in higher-level APIs,
 -- but wrap and unwrap 'ByteArray' internally as they please
 -- and use functions from "GHC.Exts".
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ import GHC.Word (Word8(..))
 -- @since 4.17.0.0
 data ByteArray = ByteArray ByteArray#
 
--- | Boxed wrapper for 'MutableByteArray#'.
+-- | Lifted wrapper for 'MutableByteArray#'.
 --
 -- Since 'MutableByteArray#' is an unlifted type and not a member of kind 'Data.Kind.Type',
 -- things like @[MutableByteArray#]@ or @IO MutableByteArray#@ are ill-typed. To work around this
--- inconvenience this module provides a standard boxed wrapper, inhabiting 'Data.Kind.Type'.
+-- inconvenience this module provides a standard lifted wrapper, inhabiting 'Data.Kind.Type'.
 -- Clients are expected to use 'MutableByteArray' in higher-level APIs,
 -- but wrap and unwrap 'MutableByteArray' internally as they please
 -- and use functions from "GHC.Exts".



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