diff -r 3e4edf43e254 -r 3f4210c13356 src/Pure/Tools/ghc.ML
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+(*  Title:      Pure/Tools/ghc.ML
+    Author:     Makarius
+
+Support for GHC: Glasgow Haskell Compiler.
+*)
+
+signature GHC =
+sig
+  val print_codepoint: UTF8.codepoint -> string
+  val print_symbol: Symbol.symbol -> string
+  val print_string: string -> string
+end;
+
+structure GHC: GHC =
+struct
+
+(** string literals **)
+
+fun print_codepoint c =
+  (case c of
+    34 => "\\\""
+  | 39 => "\\'"
+  | 92 => "\\\\"
+  | 7 => "\\a"
+  | 8 => "\\b"
+  | 9 => "\\t"
+  | 10 => "\\n"
+  | 11 => "\\v"
+  | 12 => "\\f"
+  | 13 => "\\r"
+  | c =>
+      if c >= 32 andalso c < 127 then chr c
+      else "\\" ^ string_of_int c ^ "\\&");
+
+fun print_symbol sym =
+  (case Symbol.decode sym of
+    Symbol.Char s => print_codepoint (ord s)
+  | Symbol.UTF8 s => UTF8.decode_permissive s |> map print_codepoint |> implode
+  | Symbol.Sym s => "\\092<" ^ s ^ ">"
+  | Symbol.Control s => "\\092<^" ^ s ^ ">"
+  | _ => translate_string (print_codepoint o ord) sym);
+
+val print_string = quote o implode o map print_symbol o Symbol.explode;
+
+end;