diff --git a/Blaze/Text.hs b/Blaze/Text.hs
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+++ b/Blaze/Text.hs
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+module Blaze.Text
+    (
+      float
+    , double
+    , integral
+    ) where
+
+import Blaze.Text.Double
+import Blaze.Text.Int
diff --git a/Blaze/Text/Double.hs b/Blaze/Text/Double.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Blaze/Text/Double.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+
+-- Module:      Blaze.Text.Double
+-- Copyright:   (c) 2011 MailRank, Inc.
+-- License:     BSD3
+-- Maintainer:  Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@mailrank.com>
+-- Stability:   experimental
+-- Portability: portable
+--
+-- Efficiently serialize a Double as a lazy 'L.ByteString'.
+
+module Blaze.Text.Double
+    (
+      float
+    , double
+    ) where
+
+#ifdef NATIVE
+import Blaze.Text.Double.Native
+#else
+import Blaze.ByteString.Builder (Builder, fromByteString)
+import Data.Double.Conversion.ByteString (toShortest)
+
+float :: Float -> Builder
+float = double . realToFrac
+
+double :: Double -> Builder
+double f = fromByteString (toShortest f)
+#endif
diff --git a/Blaze/Text/Double/Native.hs b/Blaze/Text/Double/Native.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Blaze/Text/Double/Native.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns, CPP, MagicHash, OverloadedStrings, UnboxedTuples #-}
+
+-- Module:      Blaze.Text.Double.Native
+-- Copyright:   (c) 2011 MailRank, Inc.
+-- License:     BSD3
+-- Maintainer:  Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@mailrank.com>
+-- Stability:   experimental
+-- Portability: portable
+--
+-- Efficiently serialize a Double as a lazy 'L.ByteString'.
+
+module Blaze.Text.Double.Native
+    (
+      float
+    , double
+    ) where
+
+import Blaze.ByteString.Builder (Builder, fromByteString)
+import Blaze.ByteString.Builder.Char8 (fromChar)
+import Blaze.Text.Int (digit, integral, minus)
+import Data.ByteString.Char8 ()
+import Data.Monoid (mappend, mconcat, mempty)
+import qualified Data.Vector as V
+
+-- The code below is originally from GHC.Float, but has been optimised
+-- in quite a few ways.
+
+data T = T [Int] {-# UNPACK #-} !Int
+
+float :: Float -> Builder
+float = double . realToFrac
+
+double :: Double -> Builder
+double f
+    | isInfinite f              = fromByteString $
+                                  if f > 0 then "Infinity" else "-Infinity"
+    | f < 0 || isNegativeZero f = minus `mappend` goGeneric (floatToDigits (-f))
+    | f >= 0                    = goGeneric (floatToDigits f)
+    | otherwise                 = fromByteString "NaN"
+  where
+   goGeneric p@(T _ e)
+     | e < 0 || e > 7 = goExponent p
+     | otherwise      = goFixed    p
+   goExponent (T is e) =
+       case is of
+         []     -> error "putFormattedFloat"
+         [0]    -> fromByteString "0.0e0"
+         [d]    -> digit d `mappend` fromByteString ".0e" `mappend` integral (e-1)
+         (d:ds) -> digit d `mappend` fromChar '.' `mappend` digits ds `mappend`
+                   fromChar 'e' `mappend` integral (e-1)
+   goFixed (T is e)
+       | e <= 0    = fromChar '0' `mappend` fromChar '.' `mappend`
+                     mconcat (replicate (-e) (fromChar '0')) `mappend`
+                     digits is
+       | otherwise = let g 0 rs     = fromChar '.' `mappend` mk0 rs
+                         g n []     = fromChar '0' `mappend` g (n-1) []
+                         g n (r:rs) = digit r `mappend` g (n-1) rs
+                     in g e is
+   mk0 [] = fromChar '0'
+   mk0 rs = digits rs
+
+digits :: [Int] -> Builder
+digits (d:ds) = digit d `mappend` digits ds
+digits _      = mempty
+{-# INLINE digits #-}
+
+floatToDigits :: Double -> T
+floatToDigits 0 = T [0] 0
+floatToDigits x = T (reverse rds) k
+ where
+  (f0, e0)     = decodeFloat x
+  (minExp0, _) = floatRange (undefined::Double)
+  p = floatDigits x
+  b = floatRadix x
+  minExp = minExp0 - p -- the real minimum exponent
+  -- Haskell requires that f be adjusted so denormalized numbers
+  -- will have an impossibly low exponent.  Adjust for this.
+  (# f, e #) =
+   let n = minExp - e0 in
+   if n > 0 then (# f0 `div` (b^n), e0+n #) else (# f0, e0 #)
+  (# r, s, mUp, mDn #) =
+   if e >= 0
+   then let be = b^ e
+        in if f == b^(p-1)
+           then (# f*be*b*2, 2*b, be*b, b #)
+           else (# f*be*2, 2, be, be #)
+   else if e > minExp && f == b^(p-1)
+        then (# f*b*2, b^(-e+1)*2, b, 1 #)
+        else (# f*2, b^(-e)*2, 1, 1 #)
+  k = fixup k0
+   where
+    k0 | b == 2 = (p - 1 + e0) * 3 `div` 10
+        -- logBase 10 2 is slightly bigger than 3/10 so the following
+        -- will err on the low side.  Ignoring the fraction will make
+        -- it err even more.  Haskell promises that p-1 <= logBase b f
+        -- < p.
+       | otherwise = ceiling ((log (fromInteger (f+1) :: Double) +
+                               fromIntegral e * log (fromInteger b)) / log 10)
+    fixup n
+      | n >= 0    = if r + mUp <= exp10 n * s then n else fixup (n+1)
+      | otherwise = if exp10 (-n) * (r + mUp) <= s then n else fixup (n+1)
+
+  gen ds !rn !sN !mUpN !mDnN =
+   let (dn0, rn') = (rn * 10) `divMod` sN
+       mUpN' = mUpN * 10
+       mDnN' = mDnN * 10
+       !dn   = fromInteger dn0
+       !dn'  = dn + 1
+   in case (# rn' < mDnN', rn' + mUpN' > sN #) of
+        (# True,  False #) -> dn : ds
+        (# False, True #)  -> dn' : ds
+        (# True,  True #)  -> if rn' * 2 < sN then dn : ds else dn' : ds
+        (# False, False #) -> gen (dn:ds) rn' sN mUpN' mDnN'
+
+  rds | k >= 0    = gen [] r (s * exp10 k) mUp mDn
+      | otherwise = gen [] (r * bk) s (mUp * bk) (mDn * bk)
+      where bk = exp10 (-k)
+                    
+exp10 :: Int -> Integer
+exp10 n
+    | n >= 0 && n < maxExpt = V.unsafeIndex expts n
+    | otherwise             = 10 ^ n
+  where expts = V.generate maxExpt (10^)
+        {-# NOINLINE expts #-}
+        maxExpt = 17
+{-# INLINE exp10 #-}
diff --git a/Blaze/Text/Int.hs b/Blaze/Text/Int.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Blaze/Text/Int.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns, CPP, MagicHash, OverloadedStrings, UnboxedTuples #-}
+
+-- Module:      Blaze.Text.Int
+-- Copyright:   (c) 2011 MailRank, Inc.
+-- License:     BSD3
+-- Maintainer:  Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@mailrank.com>
+-- Stability:   experimental
+-- Portability: portable
+--
+-- Efficiently serialize an integral value as a lazy 'L.ByteString'.
+
+module Blaze.Text.Int
+    (
+      digit
+    , integral
+    , minus
+    ) where
+
+import Blaze.ByteString.Builder
+import Blaze.ByteString.Builder.Char8
+import Data.ByteString.Char8 ()
+import Data.Int (Int8, Int16, Int32, Int64)
+import Data.Monoid (mappend, mempty)
+import Data.Word (Word, Word8, Word16, Word32, Word64)
+import GHC.Base (quotInt, remInt)
+import GHC.Num (quotRemInteger)
+import GHC.Types (Int(..))
+
+#ifdef  __GLASGOW_HASKELL__
+# if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 611
+import GHC.Integer.Internals
+# else
+import GHC.Integer.GMP.Internals
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#ifdef INTEGER_GMP
+# define PAIR(a,b) (# a,b #)
+#else
+# define PAIR(a,b) (a,b)
+#endif
+
+integral :: Integral a => a -> Builder
+{-# RULES "integral/Int" integral = bounded :: Int -> Builder #-}
+{-# RULES "integral/Int8" integral = bounded :: Int8 -> Builder #-}
+{-# RULES "integral/Int16" integral = bounded :: Int16 -> Builder #-}
+{-# RULES "integral/Int32" integral = bounded :: Int32 -> Builder #-}
+{-# RULES "integral/Int64" integral = bounded :: Int64 -> Builder #-}
+{-# RULES "integral/Word" integral = nonNegative :: Word -> Builder #-}
+{-# RULES "integral/Word8" integral = nonNegative :: Word8 -> Builder #-}
+{-# RULES "integral/Word16" integral = nonNegative :: Word16 -> Builder #-}
+{-# RULES "integral/Word32" integral = nonNegative :: Word32 -> Builder #-}
+{-# RULES "integral/Word64" integral = nonNegative :: Word64 -> Builder #-}
+{-# RULES "integral/Integer" integral = integer :: Integer -> Builder #-}
+
+-- This definition of the function is here PURELY to be used by ghci
+-- and those rare cases where GHC is being invoked without
+-- optimization, as otherwise the rewrite rules above should fire. The
+-- test for "-0" catches an overflow if we render minBound.
+integral i
+    | i >= 0                 = nonNegative i
+    | toByteString b == "-0" = fromString (show i)
+    | otherwise              = b
+  where b = minus `mappend` nonNegative (-i)
+
+bounded :: (Bounded a, Integral a) => a -> Builder
+{-# SPECIALIZE bounded :: Int -> Builder #-}
+{-# SPECIALIZE bounded :: Int8 -> Builder #-}
+{-# SPECIALIZE bounded :: Int16 -> Builder #-}
+{-# SPECIALIZE bounded :: Int32 -> Builder #-}
+{-# SPECIALIZE bounded :: Int64 -> Builder #-}
+bounded i
+    | i >= 0        = nonNegative i
+    | i > minBound  = minus `mappend` nonNegative (-i)
+    | otherwise     = minus `mappend`
+                      nonNegative (negate (k `quot` 10)) `mappend`
+                      digit (negate (k `rem` 10))
+  where k = minBound `asTypeOf` i
+
+nonNegative :: Integral a => a -> Builder
+{-# SPECIALIZE nonNegative :: Int -> Builder #-}
+{-# SPECIALIZE nonNegative :: Int8 -> Builder #-}
+{-# SPECIALIZE nonNegative :: Int16 -> Builder #-}
+{-# SPECIALIZE nonNegative :: Int32 -> Builder #-}
+{-# SPECIALIZE nonNegative :: Int64 -> Builder #-}
+{-# SPECIALIZE nonNegative :: Word -> Builder #-}
+{-# SPECIALIZE nonNegative :: Word8 -> Builder #-}
+{-# SPECIALIZE nonNegative :: Word16 -> Builder #-}
+{-# SPECIALIZE nonNegative :: Word32 -> Builder #-}
+{-# SPECIALIZE nonNegative :: Word64 -> Builder #-}
+nonNegative = go
+  where
+    go n | n < 10    = digit n
+         | otherwise = go (n `quot` 10) `mappend` digit (n `rem` 10)
+
+digit :: Integral a => a -> Builder
+digit n = fromWord8 $! fromIntegral n + 48
+{-# INLINE digit #-}
+
+minus :: Builder
+minus = fromWord8 45
+
+int :: Int -> Builder
+int = integral
+{-# INLINE int #-}
+
+integer :: Integer -> Builder
+integer (S# i#) = int (I# i#)
+integer i
+    | i < 0     = minus `mappend` go (-i)
+    | otherwise = go i
+  where
+    go n | n < maxInt = int (fromInteger n)
+         | otherwise  = putH (splitf (maxInt * maxInt) n)
+
+    splitf p n
+      | p > n       = [n]
+      | otherwise   = splith p (splitf (p*p) n)
+
+    splith p (n:ns) = case n `quotRemInteger` p of
+                        PAIR(q,r) | q > 0     -> q : r : splitb p ns
+                                  | otherwise -> r : splitb p ns
+    splith _ _      = error "splith: the impossible happened."
+
+    splitb p (n:ns) = case n `quotRemInteger` p of
+                        PAIR(q,r) -> q : r : splitb p ns
+    splitb _ _      = []
+
+data T = T !Integer !Int
+
+fstT :: T -> Integer
+fstT (T a _) = a
+
+maxInt :: Integer
+maxDigits :: Int
+T maxInt maxDigits =
+    until ((>mi) . (*10) . fstT) (\(T n d) -> T (n*10) (d+1)) (T 10 1)
+  where mi = fromIntegral (maxBound :: Int)
+
+putH :: [Integer] -> Builder
+putH (n:ns) = case n `quotRemInteger` maxInt of
+                PAIR(x,y)
+                    | q > 0     -> int q `mappend` pblock r `mappend` putB ns
+                    | otherwise -> int r `mappend` putB ns
+                    where q = fromInteger x
+                          r = fromInteger y
+putH _ = error "putH: the impossible happened"
+
+putB :: [Integer] -> Builder
+putB (n:ns) = case n `quotRemInteger` maxInt of
+                PAIR(x,y) -> pblock q `mappend` pblock r `mappend` putB ns
+                    where q = fromInteger x
+                          r = fromInteger y
+putB _ = mempty
+
+pblock :: Int -> Builder
+pblock = go maxDigits
+  where
+    go !d !n
+        | d == 1    = digit n
+        | otherwise = go (d-1) q `mappend` digit r
+        where q = n `quotInt` 10
+              r = n `remInt` 10
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Copyright (c) 2011, MailRank, Inc.
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+3. Neither the name of the author nor the names of his contributors
+   may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+   without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS
+OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
+ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
+STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
+ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# Welcome to blaze-textual
+
+blaze-textual is a fast Haskell library for rendering common Haskell
+datatypes in text form using the
+[blaze-builder](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/blaze-builder)
+library.
+
+# Important note for users of GHCi and Template Haskell
+
+To achieve excellent performance for rendering floating point numbers,
+this package uses the
+[double-conversion](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/double-conversion)
+package.
+
+Unfortunately, due to bugs in GHC, some uses of GHCi and Template
+Haskell can crash if this package is loaded.
+
+* [5289: Can't use ghci with a library linked against
+  libstdc++](http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5289) (fixed
+  in GHC 7.2.1).
+
+* [5386: GHCi crashes with SIGFPE when using double-conversion
+  package](http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5386) (not yet
+  fixed at the time of writing)
+
+If you are affected by these problems, you should expect the 5289
+crash to look like this:
+
+    Loading package double-conversion-0.2.0.0 ... can't load .so/.DLL for: stdc++
+
+The 5386 crash causes GHCi to die with a floating point exception
+(SIGFPE).
+
+To work around these bugs, this package includes an alternative,
+slower, floating point conversion that is written in pure Haskell.
+Because it is 10 times slower than the double-conversion package, it
+is not the default.
+
+To use it, reinstall this package by passing the `native` flag to
+`cabal`:
+
+    cabal install -fnative
+
+Afterwards, you will also need to reinstall any downstream packages
+that depend on this one, e.g. the [aeson JSON
+library](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/aeson):
+
+    cabal install aeson --reinstall
+
+# Join in!
+
+We are happy to receive bug reports, fixes, documentation
+enhancements, and other improvements.
+
+Please report bugs via the
+[github issue tracker](http://github.com/mailrank/blaze-textual/issues).
+
+Master [git repository](http://github.com/mailrank/blaze-textual):
+
+* `git clone git://github.com/mailrank/blaze-textual.git`
+
+There's also a [Mercurial mirror](http://bitbucket.org/bos/blaze-textual):
+
+* `hg clone http://bitbucket.org/bos/blaze-textual`
+
+(You can create and contribute changes using either git or Mercurial.)
+
+Authors
+-------
+
+This library is written and maintained by Bryan O'Sullivan,
+<bos@mailrank.com>.
diff --git a/Setup.lhs b/Setup.lhs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Setup.lhs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
+> import Distribution.Simple
+> main = defaultMain
diff --git a/blaze-textual-native.cabal b/blaze-textual-native.cabal
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blaze-textual-native.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+name:            blaze-textual-native
+version:         0.2.1
+license:         BSD3
+license-file:    LICENSE
+category:        Text
+copyright:       Copyright 2011 MailRank, Inc.
+author:          Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@mailrank.com>
+maintainer:      Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@mailrank.com>
+stability:       experimental
+synopsis:        Fast rendering of common datatypes
+cabal-version:   >= 1.8
+homepage:        http://github.com/mailrank/blaze-textual
+bug-reports:     http://github.com/mailrank/blaze-textual/issues
+build-type:      Simple
+description:
+    A library for efficiently rendering Haskell datatypes to
+    bytestrings.
+    .
+    /Note/: if you use GHCi or Template Haskell, please see the
+    @README@ file for important details about building this package,
+    and other packages that depend on it:
+    <https://github.com/mailrank/blaze-textual#readme>
+
+extra-source-files:
+    README.markdown
+    tests/*.hs
+
+flag developer
+  description: operate in developer mode
+  default: False
+
+flag native
+  description: use slow native code for double conversion
+  default: True
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:
+    Blaze.Text
+    Blaze.Text.Double
+    Blaze.Text.Int
+
+  if flag(native)
+    other-modules: Blaze.Text.Double.Native
+
+  build-depends:
+    base == 4.*,
+    blaze-builder >= 0.2.1.4,
+    bytestring,
+    ghc-prim,
+    old-locale,
+    text >= 0.11.0.2,
+    time,
+    vector
+
+  if !flag(native)
+    build-depends:
+      double-conversion >= 0.2.0.1
+
+  if flag(developer)
+    ghc-prof-options: -auto-all
+
+  if flag(native)
+    cpp-options: -DNATIVE
+
+  ghc-options:      -Wall
+
+  if impl(ghc >= 6.11)
+    cpp-options: -DINTEGER_GMP
+    build-depends: integer-gmp >= 0.2 && < 0.4
+
+  if impl(ghc >= 6.9) && impl(ghc < 6.11)
+    cpp-options: -DINTEGER_GMP
+    build-depends: integer >= 0.1 && < 0.2
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: http://github.com/mailrank/blaze-textual
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     mercurial
+  location: http://bitbucket.org/bos/blaze-textual
diff --git a/tests/QC.hs b/tests/QC.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/QC.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+module Main (main) where
+
+import Blaze.ByteString.Builder (Builder, toByteString)
+import Blaze.Text (double, float, integral)
+import Data.Int (Int8, Int16, Int32, Int64)
+import Data.Word (Word, Word8, Word16, Word32, Word64)
+import Test.Framework (Test, defaultMain, testGroup)
+import Test.Framework.Providers.QuickCheck2 (testProperty)
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as B
+
+-- Integral values should be rendered exactly as Haskell does.
+t_integral :: Integral a => a -> a -> Bool
+t_integral _ i = toByteString (integral i) == B.pack (show i)
+
+-- This package doesn't render floating point numbers exactly as
+-- Haskell does, but the numbers it renders should read back exactly.
+-- So that's the property we check.
+t_real :: (RealFloat a, Read a) => (a -> Builder) -> a -> a -> Bool
+t_real f i j =
+    case read (B.unpack . toByteString . f $ ij) of
+      r | isNaN r      -> isNaN ij
+        | isInfinite r -> isInfinite ij && signum r == signum ij
+        | otherwise    -> r == ij
+  where ij = i / j
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = defaultMain tests
+
+tests :: [Test]
+tests = [
+    testGroup "int" [ testProperty "Integer" $ t_integral (undefined::Integer)
+                    , testProperty "Int" $ t_integral (undefined::Int)
+                    , testProperty "Int8" $ t_integral (undefined::Int8)
+                    , testProperty "Int16" $ t_integral (undefined::Int16)
+                    , testProperty "Int32" $ t_integral (undefined::Int32)
+                    , testProperty "Int64" $ t_integral (undefined::Int64)
+                    ]
+  , testGroup "word" [ testProperty "Word" $ t_integral (undefined::Word)
+                     , testProperty "Word8" $ t_integral (undefined::Word8)
+                     , testProperty "Word16" $ t_integral (undefined::Word16)
+                     , testProperty "Word32" $ t_integral (undefined::Word32)
+                     , testProperty "Word64" $ t_integral (undefined::Word64)
+                     ]
+  , testProperty "Double" $ t_real double
+  , testProperty "Float" $ t_real float
+  ]
