[GHC] #10487: DeriveGeneric breaks when the same data name is used in different modules

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#10487: DeriveGeneric breaks when the same data name is used in different modules
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        Reporter:  andreas.abel      |                   Owner:  osa1
            Type:  bug               |                  Status:  new
        Priority:  highest           |               Milestone:  7.12.1
       Component:  Compiler          |                 Version:  7.10.1
      Resolution:                    |                Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |            Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |               Test Case:
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 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Revisions:  Phab:D1081
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Comment (by simonpj):

 Are the newly declared data types supposed to be user-visible, with
 predictable names (they don't look very user-friendly!) or is it just an
 internal matter.

 If it's just a question of generating fresh names that are distinct, you
 could use the same approach as for dictionary-functions.  Look at
 `TcEnv.newDFunName`.

 This reminds me (Andres) that there is an outstanding task to clean up
 this generics stuff using `DataKinds`.

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