Show-like output of GHC data types

[Sean Leather]

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Johan Tibell wrote:

> I'm currently writing a ShowInstances module with orphan Show instances
> for all GHC data types. I will just import that during development, but not
> include it in the final code. It will hopefully satisfy my current need.
>

This would have been useful to me in the past, and I'm guessing others
would find it useful, too. It seems like a package of standalone derived
Show instances would require little maintenance (since you don't need to
modify the instances for changes to datatypes, only for adding/removing
them) yet provide a great benefit for newcomers to GHC, while not bloating
GHC itself.

Regards,
Sean
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