[GHC] #13403: Derive instances (Applicative, Monad, ...) for structures lifted over functors

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#13403: Derive instances (Applicative, Monad, ...) for structures lifted over
functors
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        Reporter:  Iceland_jack      |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.0.1
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Comment (by Iceland_jack):

 I'm sure some derivations will be ambiguous, but some can be determined
 uniquely surely.

 Getting instances for free is such a huge strength of Haskell, it would be
 great to have better support for it.

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