#8797: Generics instances for monoid and applicative newtypes -------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: jcristovao | Owner: Type: feature | Status: new request | Milestone: Priority: normal | Version: 7.6.3 Component: | Keywords: libraries/base | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Resolution: | Difficulty: Easy (less than 1 hour) Operating System: | Blocked By: Unknown/Multiple | Related Tickets: Type of failure: | None/Unknown | Test Case: | Blocking: | -------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Comment (by ekmett): FWIW- The committee is in favor of adding the `Generic`, `Generic1`, `Data` and `Typeable` instances along with `Num` for `Sum` and `Product`. Do we want to try to pester Austin at the 11th hour to add them to the 7.8 release candidate or hold off a year for 7.10? The former has the benefit of, well, being a year sooner, but it may be that that ship has already sailed. Moreover, it'd means you can't write code that needs those instances and which works with both the 7.8.1-release candidates and the final release. On the other hand, once we have 7.8.1 the release candidates will have done their job and will be a non-issue. At this point I defer to Austin about the viability of packaging it up now or if we should wait. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8797#comment:5 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler