[GHC] #7971: doesDirectoryExist description differs from its behavior

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#7971: doesDirectoryExist description differs from its behavior
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Reporter:  dsf                          |          Owner:                     
    Type:  bug                          |         Status:  new                
Priority:  normal                       |      Component:  libraries/directory
 Version:  7.6.3                        |       Keywords:                     
      Os:  Unknown/Multiple             |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple   
 Failure:  Incorrect result at runtime  |      Blockedby:                     
Blocking:                               |        Related:                     
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 The documentation for doesDirectoryExist should read:

 The operation 'doesDirectoryExist' returns 'True' if the argument file
 exists and is either a directory '''or a symbolic link to a directory''',
 and 'False' otherwise.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7971>
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