[GHC] #14671: Make the Template Haskell class Lift work over typed expressions

15 Jan 2018

      #14671: Make the Template Haskell class Lift work over typed expressions
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           Reporter:  simonpj        |             Owner:  (none)
               Type:  feature        |            Status:  new
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           Priority:  normal         |         Milestone:
          Component:  Template       |           Version:  8.2.2
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       Architecture:                 |   Type of failure:  None/Unknown
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 At the moment we have the `Lift` class in TH:
 {{{
 class Lift t where
   lift :: t -> Q Exp
 }}}
 But that loses type information. What we want is this:
 {{{
 Lift t where
   typedLift :: t -> Q (TExp t)

 lift :: Lift t => t -> Q Exp
 lift = fmap unType . typedLift
 }}}
 Otherwise, when you want the typed version, people resort to unsafe-coerce
 operations, which are entirely unnecessary.

 See [https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2018-January/028409.html
 this thread on the libraries list].

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Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14671
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