Implement the "Class System Extension" proposal
See: http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Class_system_extension_proposal
Executive summary:
- Class and instance declarations would allow method implementations to be given for any methods in the class or any ancestor class.
- Whenever an instance declaration is visible there would always be a full set of instance declarations for all ancestor classes, by supplementing the set of explicitly given instance declarations that are visible in a module by automatically generated implicit instance declarations.
- The most specific method implementation would always be chosen (ie prefer an explicit instance method over a class method and prefer a subclass method to a superclass method)
- Modules would only export explicit instance declarations
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| Version | 6.10.1 |
| Type | FeatureRequest |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | Compiler |
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