#9429: Alternative to type family Any -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: mboes | Owner: Type: feature | Status: new request | Milestone: Priority: normal | Version: 7.9 Component: Compiler | Keywords: Resolution: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Operating System: | Difficulty: Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Blocked By: Type of failure: | Related Tickets: 9097, 9380 None/Unknown | Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by simonpj): If the issue is getting a type rep for a polymorphic type, let's address ''that'' problem directly, rather than hack a solution (by representing `forall a. a->a` as `Any -> Any`) in which the hack itself has pervasive negative consequences. See also #7015, where this same issue arises. Simon -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9429#comment:27 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler