[GHC] #9819: Create typesafe method of obtaining dictionary types from class definitions, and constraint objects from dictionary types

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#9819: Create typesafe method of obtaining dictionary types from class
definitions, and constraint objects from dictionary types
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              Reporter:              |            Owner:
  spacekitteh                        |           Status:  new
                  Type:  feature     |        Milestone:
  request                            |          Version:
              Priority:  normal      |         Keywords:
             Component:  Compiler    |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
            Resolution:              |       Difficulty:  Moderate (less
      Operating System:              |  than a day)
  Unknown/Multiple                   |       Blocked By:
       Type of failure:              |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by spacekitteh):

 Right. I'm not requesting local instances as a whole; rather, just access
 to the desugared typeclass dictionary types. Basically, adding a
 Dictionary kind, and a type function from Constraint kinds to Dictionary
 kinds (local instances could involve adding a type function in the reverse
 direction).

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