[Haskell-cafe] Re: Sugestion for a basic Utf8 type.

I would like to sugest a new basic type in Haskell. What if we had something like this (with any other quoting character): «Je ne parle pas français. (...) ¿Hablas español?» This would be of type Utf8. I think now it is not a bad idea, since Haskell source code is supposed to be

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Sugestion for a basic Utf8 type.

So this proposal is more than a UTF8 type, since it encompasses a move away from text as lists. What interfaces would we have to text in this proposal? -- _jsn ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org

[Haskell-cafe] Re: Sugestion for a basic Utf8 type.

So this proposal is more than a UTF8 type, since it encompasses a move away from text as lists. What interfaces would we have to text in this proposal? Normal users would import modules with specific interfaces, like functions or instances. One possible such module