[GHC] #4459: Polymorphic Data.Dynamic

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#4459: Polymorphic Data.Dynamic
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    Reporter:  vivian                                |        Owner:  vivian      
        Type:  feature request                       |       Status:  new         
    Priority:  normal                                |    Milestone:  7.4.1       
   Component:  GHC API                               |      Version:  7.1         
    Keywords:  polymorphic, dynamic, class, linking  |     Testcase:              
   Blockedby:                                        |   Difficulty:              
          Os:  Unknown/Multiple                      |     Blocking:  4316        
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple                      |      Failure:  None/Unknown
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Comment(by simonpj):

 The way to generate dictionaries is to call the type checker.  As
 described in the Commentary
 http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Commentary/Compiler/HscMain, and
 http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Commentary/Compiler, the type
 checker takes a `(HsExpr Name)`, with no `HsWrap` constructors, and
 returns an `(HsExpr Id)`, replete with `HsWrap` constructors that do the
 dictionary application.

 It's hard to explain in a few lines!  Have you read the Commentary?

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