[GHC] #5061: Implement FFI spec behaviour for *CString family

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#5061: Implement FFI spec behaviour for *CString family
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    Reporter:  batterseapower    |        Owner:              
        Type:  bug               |       Status:  patch       
    Priority:  normal            |    Milestone:              
   Component:  Compiler          |      Version:  7.0.3       
    Keywords:                    |     Testcase:              
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          Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Blocking:              
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |      Failure:  None/Unknown
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Comment(by igloo):

 I'm not sure if I understood that. What I mean is, if we are passed a
 sequence of bytes which is not valid in the current locale, is there still
 a way in which we can get it as a sequence of bytes (`[Word8]`)?

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