[GHC] #8851: Standalone deriving and GND behave differently

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#8851: Standalone deriving and GND behave differently
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        Reporter:  simonpj                       |            Owner:
            Type:  bug                           |           Status:  merge
        Priority:  normal                        |        Milestone:  7.8.1
       Component:  Compiler (Type checker)       |          Version:
      Resolution:                                |  7.8.1-rc2
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple              |         Keywords:
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown                  |     Architecture:
       Test Case:                                |  Unknown/Multiple
  deriving/should_compile/T8851                  |       Difficulty:
        Blocking:                                |  Unknown
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Changes (by simonpj):

 * status:  new => merge


Comment:

 Please merge the documentation changes to 7.8

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8851#comment:15>
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