[GHC] #4108: GHC.Integer.hashInteger is a misnomer and confuses people

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#4108: GHC.Integer.hashInteger is a misnomer and confuses people
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  Reporter:  duncan        |          Owner:                  
      Type:  bug           |         Status:  new             
  Priority:  normal        |      Milestone:  6.14.1          
 Component:  Compiler      |        Version:  6.12.2          
Resolution:                |       Keywords:                  
  Testcase:                |      Blockedby:                  
Difficulty:                |             Os:  Unknown/Multiple
  Blocking:                |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  None/Unknown  |  
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Comment(by simonmar):

 Fixed:

 {{{
 Fri Aug 13 16:29:26 BST 2010  Simon Marlow <marlowsd at gmail.com>
   * implement integer2Int# and integer2Word# in Haskell, not foreign prim
 Shall I push this patch? (1/2)  [ynW...], or ? for more options: y
 Fri Aug 13 16:31:42 BST 2010  Simon Marlow <marlowsd at gmail.com>
   * fix hashInteger to be the same as fromIntegral, and document it
 (#4108)
 }}}

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