#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 carter): ok, now if we had a hypothetical `PolyTypeable` would you have other remaining needs for Any? It occurs to me as I'm saying this, that to some extent PolyTypeable is possible today via data/newtype wrapping a polymorphic type! For you use case, Is that a viable solution today (aesthetics aside) or is there a fundamental barrier to that being suitable? -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9429#comment:10 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler