[Haskell-cafe] writeFile: commitBuffer: invalid argument (Illegal byte sequence)

[dokondr]

Correct url of a "bad" string:
http://twitter.com/#!/search/Hoping%20You%20Have%20A%20iPhone%20When%20I%20Do%20This%20lang%3Aen

On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 3:08 PM, dokondr <dokondr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> In  GHC 7.0.3 / Mac OS X when trying to:
>
> writeFile  "someFile" "(Hoping You Have A iPhone When I Do This) Lol Sleep
> Is When You Close These ---&gt; \55357\56384"
>
> I get:
> commitBuffer: invalid argument (Illegal byte sequence)
>
> The string I am trying to write can also be seen here:
>
> http://twitter.com/#!/search/Hoping%20You%20Have%20A%20iPhone%20When%20I%20Do%20This%20lang%3Aen<http://twitter.com/#%21/search/Hoping%20You%20Have%20A%20iPhone%20When%20I%20Do%20This%20lang%3Aen>
>
> It looks like 'writeFile' can not write unicode characters.
> Any workarounds?
>
> Thanks!
> Dmitri
>
>
>
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