Literal strings printed wrong

Chris Dove writes: Is it me or is this output not right? The \ string-break syntax doesn't indicate a newline.

chris@midnight:~$ ghci
GHCi, version 7.4.2: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done.
Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done.
Loading package base ... linking ... done.
Prelude> "abc\n123" :: ()

<interactive>:2:1:
    Couldn't match expected type `()' with actual type `[Char]'
    In the expression:
        "abc\
        \123" ::
          ()
    In an equation for `it':
        it
          = "abc\
            \123" ::
              ()

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Trac field	Value
Version	7.4.2
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Compiler
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