[GHC] #11796: Warn about unwanted instances in a modular way

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Wed Apr 6 12:53:59 UTC 2016


#11796: Warn about unwanted instances in a modular way
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        Reporter:  Lemming           |                Owner:
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.1
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Comment (by simonpj):

 What's the use-case for this?  Is there a community of users that want it?

 What if two different library authors both happened to choose the same
 string for their "warn-instance" string?

 Thanks

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