[GHC] #11096: Builtin encoder/decoder should be used for Latin-1

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#11096: Builtin encoder/decoder should be used for Latin-1
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        Reporter:  bgamari           |                Owner:  hvr
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.0.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.10.2
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Description changed by bgamari:

Old description:

> Filed on behalf of hvr.
>
> Currently `mkTextEncoding'` delegates decoding/encoding from/to latin-1
> to `iconv`. This shouldn't be necessary as we have latin-1 an encoder in
> `base`. Let's use it.

New description:

 Filed on behalf of hvr.

 Currently `mkTextEncoding'` delegates decoding/encoding from/to latin-1 to
 `iconv`. This shouldn't be necessary as we have latin-1 an encoder in
 `base`. Let's use it like we do the built-in ASCII codec.

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