[GHC] #9111: base should export Typeable instances of its promoted data constructors

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#9111: base should export Typeable instances of its promoted data constructors
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        Reporter:  goldfire          |            Owner:
            Type:  feature request   |           Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |        Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |          Version:  7.8.2
      Resolution:                    |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                    |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:                    |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by aavogt):

 This one doesn't work with standalone deriving either:
 {{{
 {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving #-}

 import Data.Proxy
 import Data.Typeable

 y = typeRep (Proxy :: Proxy "y")

 deriving instance Typeable "y"
 }}}
 The message is
 {{{
     Can't make a derived instance of ‘Typeable "y"’:
       The last argument of the instance must be a data or newtype
 application
     In the stand-alone deriving instance for ‘Typeable "y"’
 }}}

 This issue breaks http://code.haskell.org/HList/examples/cmdargs.hs on
 ghc-7.8.

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