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    Improve error message for newtypes and deriving clauses · 4f80ec0e
    JohnWiegley authored and Ben Gamari's avatar Ben Gamari committed
    Summary:
    Change the error message generated when a deriving clause related to a newtype
    fails to always suggested trying GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving, even in
    situations where it may not work. Fixes #9600.
    
    Test Plan: testsuite/deriving/should_fail/9600.hs
    
    Reviewers: austin, bgamari, simonpj
    
    Rebased-by: bgamari
    
    Reviewed By: simonpj
    
    Subscribers: bgamari, hvr, simonmar, carter
    
    Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D216
    
    GHC Trac Issues: #9600
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