[GHC] #2007: :main deals poorly with \escape characters

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#2007: :main deals poorly with \escape characters
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 Reporter:  NeilMitchell  |          Owner:             
     Type:  bug           |         Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal        |      Milestone:  6.10 branch
Component:  GHCi          |        Version:  6.9        
 Severity:  normal        |     Resolution:             
 Keywords:                |     Difficulty:  Unknown    
 Testcase:                |   Architecture:  Unknown    
       Os:  Unknown       |  
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Comment (by NeilMitchell):

 What would `:main "foo" "bar"` give? If we parse it as a Haskell string,
 it does need to be a sequence of Haskell strings. What about `:main bar
 foo "foo bar"`?

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