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unpackCString# is a recursive function which for each iteration returns a Cons cell containing the current Char, and a thunk for unpacking the rest of the string. In this patch we change from storing addr + offset inside this thunk to storing only the addr, simply incrementing the address on each iteration. This saves one word of allocation per unpacked character. For a program like "main = print "<largishString>" this amounts to 2-3% fewer % in bytes allocated. I also removed the now redundant local unpack definitions. This removes one call per unpack operation.
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