[GHC] #9826: add Storable Complex and Ratio instance to base library

[GHC]

#9826: add Storable Complex and Ratio instance to base library
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              Reporter:  carter      |            Owner:  carter
                  Type:  feature     |           Status:  patch
  request                            |        Milestone:  7.10.1
              Priority:  normal      |          Version:  7.8.3
             Component:              |         Keywords:
  libraries/base                     |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
            Resolution:              |       Difficulty:  Unknown
      Operating System:              |       Blocked By:
  Unknown/Multiple                   |  Related Tickets:
       Type of failure:              |
  None/Unknown                       |
             Test Case:              |
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Differential Revisions:  Phab:D519   |
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Description changed by carter:

Old description:

> per the libraries discussion + core libraries committee OK,
> I'm putting a phab differential up for adding Storable instances for
> Complex and Ratio
>
> (and then noticing that theres basically NO tests for Storable except
> indirectly)

New description:

 per the libraries discussion + core libraries committee OK,
 I'm putting a phab differential up for adding Storable instances for
 Complex and Ratio

 (and then noticing that theres basically NO tests for Storable except
 indirectly)


 the libraries thread for Complex and Ratio
 https://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2014-November/024064.html

 the thread on the CLC list https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic
 /haskell-core-libraries/mjBSo2CQ3LU

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