[GHC] #11510: Missing Show instance for GHC.Stack.SrcLoc

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#11510: Missing Show instance for GHC.Stack.SrcLoc
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        Reporter:  SimonHengel       |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  patch
        Priority:  high              |            Milestone:  8.0.1
       Component:  Core Libraries    |              Version:  8.0.1-rc1
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):  Phab:D1886
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Comment (by bgamari):

 > There was also a Show instance for CallStack in 7.10.2, is there a
 reason to want that? I think not, because the user shouldn't care about
 the representation. If you want a machine-readable formatting of a
 CallStack you can use getCallStack stk to get a list of the call-sites,
 which is then Showable (assuming a Show SrcLoc instance).

 I see the argument here but then again I think there is little harm in
 providing the instance.

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