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# Safer and more expressive type representations
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This page summarises a proposed re-design (again!) of the `Typeable` class, to better support static values. It should be read in conjunction with the [root page for distributed Haskell](distributed-haskell), which was a major driving force for the design described here.
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This page is the main root page for a re-design of the `Typeable` class, to make **type-indexed** type representations.
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Relevant links
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- [ A reflection on types](http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/papers/haskell-dynamic/), the paper that describes the overall vision. This is essential reading.
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- [ Ben Prices's Git respository](https://github.com/brprice/typeableT), built summer 2015, of a prototype version of the ideas.
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- [TypeableT](typeable-t) really a more concrete variant of this page
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- [Typeable/WithTypeable](typeable/with-typeable) about `withTypeable`.
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- [GhcKinds/PolyTypeable](ghc-kinds/poly-typeable) another rather duplicated page.
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Also relevant is the [root page for distributed Haskell](distributed-haskell), which was a major driving force for the design described here.
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The names of functions and type constructors is totally up for grabs.
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