[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 simonmar):

 Hack away.  We're not using the serialization API, and I didn't put much
 effort into it during my recent refactoring other than to make sure it
 still works.

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