From 9788c41ce775c74613fe244d529da56285a3e6b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@exyr.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:01:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] repr: represent char values as char literals rather than
 integers.

---
 src/libcore/repr.rs | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/libcore/repr.rs b/src/libcore/repr.rs
index c7a84ee9716..39b2e1af363 100644
--- a/src/libcore/repr.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/repr.rs
@@ -286,7 +286,13 @@ impl ReprVisitor : TyVisitor {
     fn visit_f32() -> bool { self.write::<f32>() }
     fn visit_f64() -> bool { self.write::<f64>() }
 
-    fn visit_char() -> bool { self.write::<u32>() }
+    fn visit_char() -> bool {
+        do self.get::<char> |&ch| {
+            self.writer.write_char('\'');
+            self.writer.write_escaped_char(ch);
+            self.writer.write_char('\'');
+        }
+    }
 
     // Type no longer exists, vestigial function.
     fn visit_str() -> bool { fail; }