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| author | Bodigrim <andrew.lelechenko@gmail.com> | 2022-10-11 18:55:48 +0100 |
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| committer | Marge Bot <ben+marge-bot@smart-cactus.org> | 2022-10-11 18:03:37 -0400 |
| commit | d3863cb7418b77f3cd49c219f1f42f64efb2cc93 (patch) | |
| tree | 4cca14c50efc18488ccdf92a3e5879d32310a683 | |
| parent | 9c099387ae82b7bf91232b714a3d35f429d6ffe3 (diff) | |
| download | haskell-d3863cb7418b77f3cd49c219f1f42f64efb2cc93.tar.gz | |
ByteArray# is unlifted, not unboxed
| -rw-r--r-- | libraries/base/Data/Array/Byte.hs | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libraries/base/Data/Array/Byte.hs b/libraries/base/Data/Array/Byte.hs index 000af79eb4..549ca96bd7 100644 --- a/libraries/base/Data/Array/Byte.hs +++ b/libraries/base/Data/Array/Byte.hs @@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ import GHC.Show (intToDigit) import GHC.ST (ST(..), runST) import GHC.Word (Word8(..)) --- | Boxed wrapper for 'ByteArray#'. +-- | Lifted wrapper for 'ByteArray#'. -- -- Since 'ByteArray#' is an unlifted type and not a member of kind 'Data.Kind.Type', -- things like @[ByteArray#]@ or @IO ByteArray#@ are ill-typed. To work around this --- inconvenience this module provides a standard boxed wrapper, inhabiting 'Data.Kind.Type'. +-- inconvenience this module provides a standard lifted wrapper, inhabiting 'Data.Kind.Type'. -- Clients are expected to use 'ByteArray' in higher-level APIs, -- but wrap and unwrap 'ByteArray' internally as they please -- and use functions from "GHC.Exts". @@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ import GHC.Word (Word8(..)) -- @since 4.17.0.0 data ByteArray = ByteArray ByteArray# --- | Boxed wrapper for 'MutableByteArray#'. +-- | Lifted wrapper for 'MutableByteArray#'. -- -- Since 'MutableByteArray#' is an unlifted type and not a member of kind 'Data.Kind.Type', -- things like @[MutableByteArray#]@ or @IO MutableByteArray#@ are ill-typed. To work around this --- inconvenience this module provides a standard boxed wrapper, inhabiting 'Data.Kind.Type'. +-- inconvenience this module provides a standard lifted wrapper, inhabiting 'Data.Kind.Type'. -- Clients are expected to use 'MutableByteArray' in higher-level APIs, -- but wrap and unwrap 'MutableByteArray' internally as they please -- and use functions from "GHC.Exts". |