id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,version,resolution,keywords,cc
64,Define specific Show and Read instances for vectors of Chars and Word8s that show and read like Strings,basvandijk,,"When working with vectors of `Chars` and `Word8s` (think `ByteStrings`) it is very handy for debugging and working in a REPL if they are shown and read as `Strings`. Note that traditional `ByteStrings` also have this behavior.

As a reaction to my `vector-bytestring` package a few people on reddit and on the haskell-cafe mailinglist proposed turning the `ByteString` type synonym into a newtype with the desired `Show` and `Read` instance. I don't really like this but I agree with the need for a specific instance.

The attached patch adds the specific instances to vector.",enhancement,new,major,,,,,