[Git][ghc/ghc][master] Add release note for GHC.Unicode refactor in base-4.18.

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Commits:
0c990e13 by Pierre Le Marre at 2023-04-06T10:16:29+00:00
Add release note for GHC.Unicode refactor in base-4.18.

Also merge CLC proposal 130 in base-4.19 with CLC proposal 59 in
base-4.18 and add proper release date.

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1 changed file:

- libraries/base/changelog.md


Changes:

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libraries/base/changelog.md
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@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
   * Add `Data.List.!?` ([CLC proposal #110](https://github.com/haskell/core-libraries-committee/issues/110))
   * `maximumBy`/`minimumBy` are now marked as `INLINE` improving performance for unpackable
     types significantly.
-  * Refactor `generalCategory` to stop very large literal string being inlined to call-sites.
-      ([CLC proposal #130](https://github.com/haskell/core-libraries-committee/issues/130))
   * Add INLINABLE pragmas to `generic*` functions in Data.OldList ([CLC proposal #129](https://github.com/haskell/core-libraries-committee/issues/130))
   * Export `getSolo` from `Data.Tuple`.
       ([CLC proposal #113](https://github.com/haskell/core-libraries-committee/issues/113))
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@
       ([CLC proposal #149](https://github.com/haskell/core-libraries-committee/issues/149))
   * Make `($)` representation polymorphic ([CLC proposal #132](https://github.com/haskell/core-libraries-committee/issues/132))
 
-## 4.18.0.0 *TBA*
+## 4.18.0.0 *March 2023*
   * Shipped with GHC 9.6.1
   * `Foreign.C.ConstPtr.ConstrPtr` was added to encode `const`-qualified
     pointer types in foreign declarations when using `CApiFFI` extension. ([CLC proposal #117](https://github.com/haskell/core-libraries-committee/issues/117))
@@ -61,6 +59,9 @@
     ([CLC proposal #50](https://github.com/haskell/core-libraries-committee/issues/50),
     [the migration
     guide](https://github.com/haskell/core-libraries-committee/blob/main/guides/export-lifta2-prelude.md))
+  * Switch to a pure Haskell implementation of `GHC.Unicode`
+    ([CLC proposals #59](https://github.com/haskell/core-libraries-committee/issues/59)
+    and [#130](https://github.com/haskell/core-libraries-committee/issues/130))
   * Update to [Unicode 15.0.0](https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode15.0.0/).
   * Add standard Unicode case predicates `isUpperCase` and `isLowerCase` to
     `GHC.Unicode` and `Data.Char`. These predicates use the standard Unicode



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