diff --git a/compiler/hsSyn/HsDumpAst.hs b/compiler/hsSyn/HsDumpAst.hs
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@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+{-
+(c) The University of Glasgow 2006
+(c) The GRASP/AQUA Project, Glasgow University, 1992-1998
+-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+
+-- | Contains a debug function to dump parts of the hsSyn AST. It uses a syb
+-- traversal which falls back to displaying based on the constructor name, so
+-- can be used to dump anything having a @Data.Data@ instance.
+
+module HsDumpAst (
+        -- * Dumping ASTs
+        showAstData,
+        BlankSrcSpan(..),
+    ) where
+
+import GhcPrelude
+
+import Data.Data hiding (Fixity)
+import Bag
+import BasicTypes
+import FastString
+import NameSet
+import Name
+import DataCon
+import SrcLoc
+import HsSyn
+import OccName hiding (occName)
+import Var
+import Module
+import Outputable
+
+import qualified Data.ByteString as B
+
+data BlankSrcSpan = BlankSrcSpan | NoBlankSrcSpan
+                  deriving (Eq,Show)
+
+-- | Show a GHC syntax tree. This parameterised because it is also used for
+-- comparing ASTs in ppr roundtripping tests, where the SrcSpan's are blanked
+-- out, to avoid comparing locations, only structure
+showAstData :: Data a => BlankSrcSpan -> a -> SDoc
+showAstData b a0 = blankLine $$ showAstData' a0
+  where
+    showAstData' :: Data a => a -> SDoc
+    showAstData' =
+      generic
+              `ext1Q` list
+              `extQ` string `extQ` fastString `extQ` srcSpan
+              `extQ` lit `extQ` litr `extQ` litt
+              `extQ` bytestring
+              `extQ` name `extQ` occName `extQ` moduleName `extQ` var
+              `extQ` dataCon
+              `extQ` bagName `extQ` bagRdrName `extQ` bagVar `extQ` nameSet
+              `extQ` fixity
+              `ext2Q` located
+
+      where generic :: Data a => a -> SDoc
+            generic t = parens $ text (showConstr (toConstr t))
+                                  $$ vcat (gmapQ showAstData' t)
+
+            string :: String -> SDoc
+            string     = text . normalize_newlines . show
+
+            fastString :: FastString -> SDoc
+            fastString s = braces $
+                            text "FastString: "
+                         <> text (normalize_newlines . show $ s)
+
+            bytestring :: B.ByteString -> SDoc
+            bytestring = text . normalize_newlines . show
+
+            list []    = brackets empty
+            list [x]   = brackets (showAstData' x)
+            list (x1 : x2 : xs) =  (text "[" <> showAstData' x1)
+                                $$ go x2 xs
+              where
+                go y [] = text "," <> showAstData' y <> text "]"
+                go y1 (y2 : ys) = (text "," <> showAstData' y1) $$ go y2 ys
+
+            -- Eliminate word-size dependence
+            lit :: HsLit GhcPs -> SDoc
+            lit (HsWordPrim   s x) = numericLit "HsWord{64}Prim" x s
+            lit (HsWord64Prim s x) = numericLit "HsWord{64}Prim" x s
+            lit (HsIntPrim    s x) = numericLit "HsInt{64}Prim"  x s
+            lit (HsInt64Prim  s x) = numericLit "HsInt{64}Prim"  x s
+            lit l                  = generic l
+
+            litr :: HsLit GhcRn -> SDoc
+            litr (HsWordPrim   s x) = numericLit "HsWord{64}Prim" x s
+            litr (HsWord64Prim s x) = numericLit "HsWord{64}Prim" x s
+            litr (HsIntPrim    s x) = numericLit "HsInt{64}Prim"  x s
+            litr (HsInt64Prim  s x) = numericLit "HsInt{64}Prim"  x s
+            litr l                  = generic l
+
+            litt :: HsLit GhcTc -> SDoc
+            litt (HsWordPrim   s x) = numericLit "HsWord{64}Prim" x s
+            litt (HsWord64Prim s x) = numericLit "HsWord{64}Prim" x s
+            litt (HsIntPrim    s x) = numericLit "HsInt{64}Prim"  x s
+            litt (HsInt64Prim  s x) = numericLit "HsInt{64}Prim"  x s
+            litt l                  = generic l
+
+            numericLit :: String -> Integer -> SourceText -> SDoc
+            numericLit tag x s = braces $ hsep [ text tag
+                                               , generic x
+                                               , generic s ]
+
+            name :: Name -> SDoc
+            name nm    = braces $ text "Name: " <> ppr nm
+
+            occName n  =  braces $
+                          text "OccName: "
+                       <> text (OccName.occNameString n)
+
+            moduleName :: ModuleName -> SDoc
+            moduleName m = braces $ text "ModuleName: " <> ppr m
+
+            srcSpan :: SrcSpan -> SDoc
+            srcSpan ss = case b of
+             BlankSrcSpan -> text "{ ss }"
+             NoBlankSrcSpan -> braces $ char ' ' <>
+                             (hang (ppr ss) 1
+                                   -- TODO: show annotations here
+                                   (text ""))
+
+            var  :: Var -> SDoc
+            var v      = braces $ text "Var: " <> ppr v
+
+            dataCon :: DataCon -> SDoc
+            dataCon c  = braces $ text "DataCon: " <> ppr c
+
+            bagRdrName:: Bag (Located (HsBind GhcPs)) -> SDoc
+            bagRdrName bg =  braces $
+                             text "Bag(Located (HsBind GhcPs)):"
+                          $$ (list . bagToList $ bg)
+
+            bagName   :: Bag (Located (HsBind GhcRn)) -> SDoc
+            bagName bg  =  braces $
+                           text "Bag(Located (HsBind Name)):"
+                        $$ (list . bagToList $ bg)
+
+            bagVar    :: Bag (Located (HsBind GhcTc)) -> SDoc
+            bagVar bg  =  braces $
+                          text "Bag(Located (HsBind Var)):"
+                       $$ (list . bagToList $ bg)
+
+            nameSet ns =  braces $
+                          text "NameSet:"
+                       $$ (list . nameSetElemsStable $ ns)
+
+            fixity :: Fixity -> SDoc
+            fixity fx =  braces $
+                         text "Fixity: "
+                      <> ppr fx
+
+            located :: (Data b,Data loc) => GenLocated loc b -> SDoc
+            located (L ss a) = parens $
+                   case cast ss of
+                        Just (s :: SrcSpan) ->
+                          srcSpan s
+                        Nothing -> text "nnnnnnnn"
+                      $$ showAstData' a
+
+normalize_newlines :: String -> String
+normalize_newlines ('\\':'r':'\\':'n':xs) = '\\':'n':normalize_newlines xs
+normalize_newlines (x:xs)                 = x:normalize_newlines xs
+normalize_newlines []                     = []
+
+{-
+************************************************************************
+*                                                                      *
+* Copied from syb
+*                                                                      *
+************************************************************************
+-}
+
+
+-- | The type constructor for queries
+newtype Q q x = Q { unQ :: x -> q }
+
+-- | Extend a generic query by a type-specific case
+extQ :: ( Typeable a
+        , Typeable b
+        )
+     => (a -> q)
+     -> (b -> q)
+     -> a
+     -> q
+extQ f g a = maybe (f a) g (cast a)
+
+-- | Type extension of queries for type constructors
+ext1Q :: (Data d, Typeable t)
+      => (d -> q)
+      -> (forall e. Data e => t e -> q)
+      -> d -> q
+ext1Q def ext = unQ ((Q def) `ext1` (Q ext))
+
+
+-- | Type extension of queries for type constructors
+ext2Q :: (Data d, Typeable t)
+      => (d -> q)
+      -> (forall d1 d2. (Data d1, Data d2) => t d1 d2 -> q)
+      -> d -> q
+ext2Q def ext = unQ ((Q def) `ext2` (Q ext))
+
+-- | Flexible type extension
+ext1 :: (Data a, Typeable t)
+     => c a
+     -> (forall d. Data d => c (t d))
+     -> c a
+ext1 def ext = maybe def id (dataCast1 ext)
+
+
+
+-- | Flexible type extension
+ext2 :: (Data a, Typeable t)
+     => c a
+     -> (forall d1 d2. (Data d1, Data d2) => c (t d1 d2))
+     -> c a
+ext2 def ext = maybe def id (dataCast2 ext)
diff --git a/ghc-lib-parser.cabal b/ghc-lib-parser.cabal
--- a/ghc-lib-parser.cabal
+++ b/ghc-lib-parser.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version: >=1.22
 build-type: Simple
 name: ghc-lib-parser
-version: 8.8.2
+version: 8.8.2.20200205
 license: BSD3
 license-file: LICENSE
 category: Development
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     compiler/Unique.h
     compiler/nativeGen/NCG.h
     compiler/utils/md5.h
-tested-with: GHC==8.8.1, GHC==8.6.5, GHC==8.4.3
+tested-with: GHC==8.8.2, GHC==8.6.5, GHC==8.4.4
 source-repository head
     type: git
     location: git@github.com:digital-asset/ghc-lib.git
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@
         HsBinds
         HsDecls
         HsDoc
+        HsDumpAst
         HsExpr
         HsExtension
         HsImpExp
diff --git a/ghc-lib/stage0/compiler/build/Parser.hs b/ghc-lib/stage0/compiler/build/Parser.hs
--- a/ghc-lib/stage0/compiler/build/Parser.hs
+++ b/ghc-lib/stage0/compiler/build/Parser.hs
@@ -12532,7 +12532,7 @@
 
 
 {-# LINE 19 "<built-in>" #-}
-{-# LINE 1 "/var/folders/kc/bjk2hzwx6bv07jz_s80wjh7w0000gn/T/ghc6627_0/ghc_2.h" #-}
+{-# LINE 1 "/var/folders/kc/bjk2hzwx6bv07jz_s80wjh7w0000gn/T/ghc32763_0/ghc_2.h" #-}
 
 
 
