Add System.IO.char8, the encoding used by openBinaryFile,

[ghc-base.git] / GHC / IO / Handle.hs

diff --git a/GHC/IO/Handle.hs b/GHC/IO/Handle.hs
index f42fd55..fcfa92d 100644 (file)
--- a/GHC/IO/Handle.hs
+++ b/GHC/IO/Handle.hs
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ hIsTerminalDevice handle = do
 -- | Select binary mode ('True') or text mode ('False') on a open handle.
 -- (See also 'openBinaryFile'.)
 --
--- This has the same effect as calling 'hSetEncoding' with 'latin1', together
+-- This has the same effect as calling 'hSetEncoding' with 'char8', together
 -- with 'hSetNewlineMode' with 'noNewlineTranslation'.
 --
 hSetBinaryMode :: Handle -> Bool -> IO ()