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Character kind
We know and love the Symbol kind, but as far as I know it's not possible to analyse a Symbol type, as we would a String term. It would be nice to have a Character kind and some related type families: ```hs data Character -- Pattern match a Symbol. 'Nothing when empty, 'Just '(head, tail) -- otherwise. type family UnconsSymbol (s :: Symbol) :: Maybe (Character, Symbol) -- Put a Character at the head of a Symbol. type family ConsSymbol (c :: Character) (s :: Symbol) :: Symbol -- Work with Characters. Ideally we'd have counterparts for every -- function on Data.Char. type family ToUpper (c :: Character) :: Character type family IsAlpha (c :: Character) :: Bool ``` <details><summary>Trac metadata</summary> | Trac field | Value | | ---------------------- | -------------- | | Version | 7.10.3 | | Type | FeatureRequest | | TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure | | Priority | normal | | Resolution | Unresolved | | Component | Compiler | | Test case | | | Differential revisions | | | BlockedBy | | | Related | | | Blocking | | | CC | | | Operating system | | | Architecture | | </details> <!-- {"blocked_by":[],"summary":"Character kind","status":"New","operating_system":"","component":"Compiler","related":[],"milestone":"","resolution":"Unresolved","owner":{"tag":"OwnedBy","contents":"alexvieth"},"version":"7.10.3","keywords":[],"differentials":[],"test_case":"","architecture":"","cc":[""],"type":"FeatureRequest","description":"We know and love the Symbol kind, but as far as I know it's not possible to analyse a Symbol type, as we would a String term. It would be nice to have a Character kind and some related type families:\r\n\r\n{{{#!hs\r\ndata Character\r\n-- Pattern match a Symbol. 'Nothing when empty, 'Just '(head, tail)\r\n-- otherwise.\r\ntype family UnconsSymbol (s :: Symbol) :: Maybe (Character, Symbol)\r\n-- Put a Character at the head of a Symbol.\r\ntype family ConsSymbol (c :: Character) (s :: Symbol) :: Symbol\r\n-- Work with Characters. Ideally we'd have counterparts for every\r\n-- function on Data.Char.\r\ntype family ToUpper (c :: Character) :: Character\r\ntype family IsAlpha (c :: Character) :: Bool\r\n}}}","type_of_failure":"OtherFailure","blocking":[]} -->
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