the char kind: type families, functionality, and submodule updates

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.gitmodules

compiler/GHC/Builtin/Names.hs

compiler/GHC/Builtin/Names/TH.hs

compiler/GHC/Builtin/Types.hs-boot

compiler/GHC/Builtin/Types/Literals.hs

compiler/GHC/Core/Lint.hs

compiler/GHC/Core/Map.hs

compiler/GHC/Core/TyCo/Rep.hs

compiler/GHC/Core/Type.hs

compiler/GHC/CoreToIface.hs

compiler/GHC/Hs/Type.hs

compiler/GHC/Hs/Utils.hs

compiler/GHC/HsToCore/Binds.hs

compiler/GHC/HsToCore/Quote.hs

compiler/GHC/Iface/Type.hs

compiler/GHC/IfaceToCore.hs

compiler/GHC/Parser.y

compiler/GHC/Rename/HsType.hs

compiler/GHC/StgToCmm/Closure.hs