[GHC] #8177: Roles for type families

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#8177: Roles for type families
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        Reporter:  simonpj           |            Owner:  goldfire
            Type:  bug               |           Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |        Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |          Version:  7.6.3
      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 simonpj):

 See also [http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-
 users/2014-May/025000.html this thread on the GHC users list], which
 offers (I think) another example of the importance of this feature.

 Simon

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