GHC 8 and Template Haskell

[Ben Gamari]

Iavor Diatchki <iavor.diatchki at gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Now that "OVERLAPPING" and "OVERLAPPABLE" are pragmas on the instances, do
> we have a way to generate instances with such pragmas using Template
> Haskell?   I can't seem to find a way to do this, which is unfortunate.
>
> If I am not missing anything, would there be objections to adding it to the
> TH library before the next release---I would volunteer to do the change
> ASAP.
>
Indeed this is an unfortunate gap. Given that this shouldn't be a
terribly invasive change I would be alright with this if Richard approves.

Cheers,

- Ben

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