System.IO.latin1 docs

[Simon Marlow]

On 30/03/2011 10:58, Simon Meier wrote:

> In the 'bytestring' library, String handling based on this encoding is
> provided by the  Data.ByteString.Char8 module and its lazy cousin.
> Therefore, I'd suggest to name this non-standard (or is there a
> standard?) encoding
>
> char8 :: TextEncoding
>
> Apart from historical reasons, I also prefer this name as it conveys
> more information about its semantics.

There's a clash here as we already use the term "binary" elsewhere in 
the System.IO API: openBinaryFile, hSetBinary.  So, it's not clear to me 
that being consistent with Data.ByteString is better than being 
consistent with System.IO.  On the other hand, "char8" is a better name 
than "binary".  I don't feel strongly either way here.

Cheers,
	Simon