[GHC] #13298: Compact API design improvements

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#13298: Compact API design improvements
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        Reporter:  ezyang            |                Owner:  ezyang
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.2.1
       Component:                    |              Version:  8.0.1
  libraries/compact                  |
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Comment (by bgamari):

 I also have a [[https://github.com/bgamari/compact-
 serialize/blob/master/src/Data/Compact/Serialize.hs|library]] which does
 roughly this.

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