[GHC] #1618: It it not possible to manage the output codification.

[GHC]

#1618: It it not possible to manage the output codification.
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    Reporter:  guest           |        Owner:         
        Type:  proposal        |       Status:  new    
    Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:         
   Component:  Compiler        |      Version:  6.6.1  
    Severity:  normal          |   Resolution:         
    Keywords:                  |   Difficulty:  Unknown
          Os:  Unknown         |     Testcase:         
Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)  |  
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Comment (by simonmar):

 The fact that GHC's IO library has no support for text encoding is
 certainly a (serious) drawback, but it's not something we can just "fix":
 there are numerous ways to approach the problem ranging from simple
 additions to the IO library to complete redesigns, and it's not clear yet
 which approach to take.  Forcing output to be UTF-8 would be as bad, if
 not worse, than the current situation.

 Libraries already exist to do text encoding/decoding, which you can use
 with the existing IO library (search on Hackage).

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