[GHC] #3041: Arch independent binary representations

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#3041: Arch independent binary representations
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 Reporter:  nomeata          |          Owner:                  
     Type:  feature request  |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal           |      Milestone:                  
Component:  Compiler         |        Version:  6.10.1          
 Severity:  normal           |     Resolution:                  
 Keywords:                   |       Testcase:                  
       Os:  Linux            |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
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Comment (by dons):

 N.B. this isnt' referring to Data.Binary, which serialises as:

 {{{
 -- Ints are are written as Int64s, that is, 8 bytes in big endian format
 instance Binary Int where
     put i   = put (fromIntegral i :: Int64)
     get     = liftM fromIntegral (get :: Get Int64)
 }}}

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