[GHC] #8165: Use GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving to automatically create associated type families

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#8165: Use GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving to automatically create associated type
families
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        Reporter:  MikeIzbicki       |                Owner:  goldfire
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.0.1
       Component:  Compiler (Type    |              Version:  7.6.3
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Comment (by RyanGlScott):

 Would this approach be able to work for associated injective type
 families? If you had something like this:

 {{{#!hs
 class C a where
   type T a = r | r -> a

 instance C Int where
   type T Int = Char

 newtype WrappedInt = WrapInt Int deriving C
 }}}

 Then, if I understand the above proposal, the following code would be
 generated:

 {{{#!hs
 instance C WrappedInt where
   type T WrappedInt = T Int
 }}}

 which would violate injectivity.

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