[GHC] #1311: newtypes of unboxed types disallowed - documentation bug and/or feature request

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#1311: newtypes of unboxed types disallowed - documentation bug and/or feature
request
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        Reporter:  Isaac Dupree      |                Owner:  osa1
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  low               |            Milestone:  ⊥
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.7
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Comment (by simonpj):

 > I would really like a wiki page to describe the design, please. Maybe
 it's a simple page -- if so, so much the better.

 Alex, it's great that you have made a patch but I can't even begin to look
 at it until I know precisely what it is intended to achieve.
 Specification before implementation.

 You might also (perhaps in parallel) want to formulate a
 [https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals GHC Proposal].

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