Johan Tibell <johan.tib...@gmail.com> writes:

> Text continues to be UTF-16 today because
>
>     * no one has written a benchmark that shows that UTF-8 would be faster
> *for use in Data.Text*, and
>     * no one has written a patch that converts Text to use UTF-8 internally.
>
> I'm quite frustrated by this whole discussion; there's lots of talking, no
> coding, and only a little benchmarking (of web sites, not code). This will
> get us nowhere.

This was my impression as well.  If someone desperately wants Text to
use UTF-8 internally, why not help code such a change rather than just
waving the suggestion around in the air?

-- 
Ivan Lazar Miljenovic
ivan.miljeno...@gmail.com
IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com
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