[Haskell-cafe] FastString a misnomer

[Udo Stenzel]

John Meacham wrote:
> We should make 'PackedString' the UTF8 wrapper though and provide
> Data.ByteArray as a separate library.

What exactly would an UTF8 wrapper do?  Would it have a different
interface than a list (cons/nil/null/head/tail) and how would that be
implemented?  If not, why isn't a list good enough?

 
Udo.
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