#13865: Add to Data.Proxy a utility function proxy :: a -> Proxy a -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: louispan | Owner: (none) Type: feature | Status: new request | Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.2.1 Component: | Version: 8.0.1 libraries/base | Keywords: Proxy | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- I sometime find myself wanting to create a Proxy of a certain type (to pass into functions that use Proxy), but I only have easy access to the value, but not the type (eg. because the type is being inferred). That is, I find myself defining the following function proxy :: a -> Proxy a proxy _ = Proxy It would be great if something like that could be added to Data.Proxy -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13865 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler