# A different approach to emancipating \`base\`

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**Created:** [January 30, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/a-different-approach-to-emancipating-base/5695 "2023-01-30T13:15:50Z")\
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Thanks for the reminder, @TerrorJack! So while Richard’s idea sounds reasonable, I’m not sure what exactly we’d gain.

Could we move the target-specific files to `ghc-prim`?

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