[GHC] #4479: Implement TDNR (was: Implement Dot as Postfix Function Apply)

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#4479: Implement TDNR
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        Reporter:  gidyn             |                Owner:
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  low               |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler (Type    |              Version:  7.5
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- [https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Records/DeclaredOverloadedRecordFields/DotPostfix
- Dot as Postfix Function Apply].
+ [https://wiki.haskell.org/TypeDirectedNameResolution TDNR].

New description:

 A request to implement
 [https://wiki.haskell.org/TypeDirectedNameResolution TDNR].

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Comment (by gidyn):

 Yes, Records/DeclaredOverloadedRecordFields/DotPostfix is orthogonal to
 type directed name resolution, although spj's original TDNR proposal
 included both.

 This ticked was originally about TDNR, then wondered into DotPostfix as an
 add-on to ORF. As the dot notation has attracted a fair amount of
 opposition, and ORF only gives TDNR for records, I've brought up a
 proposal for TDNR over any function but without syntax changes.

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4479#comment:29>
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