[GHC] #10343: Make Typeable track kind information better

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#10343: Make Typeable track kind information better
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        Reporter:  oerjan            |                Owner:  goldfire
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.0.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.10.1
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
                                     |  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:  typeOf ::
                                     |  Typeable (a::k) => Proxy a ->
                                     |  TypeRep
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:  #9858             |  Differential Rev(s):
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Comment (by simonpj):

 I'm lost on this thread.  Can someone re-state what the ''specification''
 is?  And do so without reference to the preceding 24 comments.  Just a
 free-standing description of the problem we are trying to solve.  I can't
 begin to think about an implementation until I'm clear about
 specification.

 Also, can you do that in the light of the (recently-published)
 [http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/papers/haskell-
 dynamic/ A reflection on types]?  It describes the story about type
 representation that I hope to get into HEAD once 8.0 is out of the way.

 Thanks!

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