#1830: Automatic derivation of Lift -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: guest | Owner: | RyanGlScott Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: ⊥ Component: Template Haskell | Version: 6.8.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Revisions: Phab:D1168 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by goldfire): Thanks for taking this on, Ryan, but I'm unconvinced that GHC needs built- in support here. What's wrong with using `th-lift`? I mean, I agree that in theory, `DeriveLift` would be nice, but it's Yet Another Thing. If something can be done well outside of GHC, I think it should be. A common argument here is that if a feature is built-in (as opposed to requiring TH), then users don't have to use TH. But that argument falls flat here, because users are clearly already using TH! -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1830#comment:10 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler