[GHC] #11805: Ability to use record fields for automatic derivation of user-defined classes.

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#11805: Ability to use record fields for automatic derivation of user-defined
classes.
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        Reporter:  Tientuine         |                Owner:
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.10.3
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Comment (by ezyang):

 Hello Tientuine, this area of Haskell is definitely well-trodden with
 proposals. One of the proposals, OverloadedRecordFields will be partially
 in GHC 8.0 (though not with type class deriving.) How does your proposal
 compare?

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