Proposal: add Data.Data instances for Foreign.C.Types
I recently was wanting to use SYB for an AST datatype which includes constants like CDouble/CFloat. Currently Data.Data exports Int8...Int64 and Word instances, but no instances for Foreign.C.Types: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/base/Data-Data.html Is there any reason these instances should not be exported by Data.Data? The proposal here is simply to add them. It's just a matter of copy-pasting the existing instances and I can provide the patch. -Ryan
Hi there,
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Ryan Newton
I recently was wanting to use SYB for an AST datatype which includes constants like CDouble/CFloat. Currently Data.Data exports Int8...Int64 and Word instances, but no instances for Foreign.C.Types:
http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/base/Data-Data.html
Is there any reason these instances should not be exported by Data.Data?
Probably just because no one needed them before. I'm fine with adding them, if no one has anything against. Will you provide the patch? Thanks, Pedro
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José Pedro Magalhães -
Ryan Newton