[GHC] #8779: Exhaustiveness checks for pattern synonyms

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#8779: Exhaustiveness checks for pattern synonyms
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        Reporter:  nomeata           |                Owner:
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler (Type    |              Version:  7.8.1
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      Resolution:                    |  PatternSynonyms
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Comment (by simonpj):

 What you say is attractive Reid, but consider a snoc-view of a list.  We
 might want to say that the two patterns `SnocNil` and `SnocCons` are
 exhaustive, but the fact that they are really is something that needs
 proof (`SnocCons` at least is defined via a view).

 Moreover, if we match on `SnocCons` and miss out `SnocNil` we'd like to
 report `SnocNil` as missing, rather than `[]`.  And vice versa with
 matching on `SnocNil` and omitting `SnocCons`.

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