Re: [GHC] #11534: Allow class associated types to reference functional dependencies

8 Feb 2016

      #11534: Allow class associated types to reference functional dependencies
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        Reporter:  ekmett            |                Owner:
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler (Type    |              Version:  7.10.3
  checker)                           |             Keywords:  TypeFamilies,
      Resolution:                    |  FunctionalDependencies
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  Other             |            Test Case:
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Comment (by simonpj):

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I'm at the Compose conference in New York talking to Brian Hurt who is
 refactoring the `monad-control` package to switch ''to'' functional
 dependencies from a class associated type so that he can support
 `GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving`.
This also arises as a common idiom with the `mtl`, because you can use
 GND to derive `MonadState MyState`.
Would you (or he) care to give a small self-contained example of why GND
 works for fundeps but not for associated types?

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