[GHC] #1203: Foreign.Marshal.Utils.{copyBytes or moveBytes} documentation incorrect

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Tue Mar 6 17:50:58 EST 2007


#1203: Foreign.Marshal.Utils.{copyBytes or moveBytes} documentation incorrect
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    Reporter:  Isaac Dupree <id at isaac.cedarswampstudios.org>  |       Owner:         
        Type:  bug                                            |      Status:  new    
    Priority:  normal                                         |   Milestone:         
   Component:  libraries/base                                 |     Version:  6.6    
    Severity:  minor                                          |    Keywords:         
  Difficulty:  Easy (1 hr)                                    |    Testcase:         
Architecture:  Unknown                                        |          Os:  Unknown
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copyBytes "copies the given number of _bytes_"

 moveBytes "copies the given number of _elements_"

 e.g. seen at
 http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/base/Foreign-
 Marshal-Utils.html#v%3AcopyBytes

 But they actually do (approximately) the same thing! I think it must
 really be bytes, not elements - after all, they don't even require
 (Storable a).

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