#5568: Add Show and Binary instances for TypeRep
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Reporter: simonmar | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.4.2
Component: libraries/base | Version: 7.2.1
Keywords: | Os: Unknown/Multiple
Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Failure: None/Unknown
Difficulty: Unknown | Testcase:
Blockedby: | Blocking:
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Changes (by simonmar):
* difficulty: => Unknown
* milestone: 7.4.1 => 7.4.2
Comment:
We now export
{{{
tyConPackage, -- :: TyCon -> String
tyConModule, -- :: TyCon -> String
tyConName, -- :: TyCon -> String
}}}
from `Data.Typeable`, which gives you enough information to
serialise/deserialise a `TyCon`.
Is that enough? If you want to get at the fingerprint you can still get
it via `Data.Typeable.Internal`.
If `TypeRepKey` were a supported API, we would have to say what properties
it has - does it produce the same results on different platforms, or
different GHC versions, for example?
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