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+Copyright (C) 2013 Ryan Trinkle
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
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+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+3. Neither the name of the author nor the names of his contributors
+   may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+   without specific prior written permission.
+
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diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
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+## superconstraints
+
+A way of inferring instance constraints given an instance.
+
+Suppose you have a class like this:
+
+```haskell
+class C a
+
+instance C a => C [a]
+```
+
+Normally, given `C [a]`, you cannot obtain `C a`; however, superconstraints allows you to add that capability:
+
+```haskell
+class HasSuper (C a) => C a
+
+instance C a => C [a]
+makeSuper "C [a]"
+```
+
+Then, you can retrieve the superconstraint by doing:
+
+```haskell
+case super (Proxy :: Proxy (C [a])) of
+  Dict -> ...
+```
+
+The superconstraint dictionary will include all of the constraints required by the instance.
+
+### Future Improvements
+
+* Replace the crazy string argument to `makeSuper` with something more sensible
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/src/Data/Constraint/Super.hs b/src/Data/Constraint/Super.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies, ConstraintKinds, Rank2Types, TypeOperators, ScopedTypeVariables, GADTs, TemplateHaskell, LambdaCase #-}
+module Data.Constraint.Super where
+
+import Data.Proxy (Proxy)
+import Data.Constraint (Constraint, Dict (Dict), (:-) (Sub))
+import Control.Monad (filterM)
+import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
+import Data.Data (Data, gmapM)
+import Type.Eq ((:~:) (Eq), dynamicEq)
+import Data.Map (Map)
+import qualified Data.Map as Map
+import Control.Monad.State (StateT, evalStateT, get, put, lift)
+import Language.Haskell.Meta.Parse (parseType)
+
+import Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax hiding (lift)
+
+class HasSuper c where
+  type Super c :: Constraint
+  instantiate :: HasSuper c :- c
+  super :: Proxy c -> Dict (Super c)
+
+normalizeInstanceHead :: Type -> Q Type
+normalizeInstanceHead t = do
+  let f :: forall d. Data d => d -> StateT (Integer, Map String Name) Q d
+      f x = case dynamicEq :: Maybe (d :~: Name) of
+        Just Eq ->
+          let b = nameBase x
+          in lift (qLookupName True b) >>= \case
+            Just n' -> return n'
+            Nothing -> do
+              (nextId, m) <- get
+              case Map.lookup b m of
+                Just n' -> return n'
+                Nothing -> do
+                  let n' = mkName $ "a" ++ show nextId
+                  put (succ nextId, Map.insert b n' m)
+                  return n'
+        _ -> case dynamicEq :: Maybe (d :~: Type) of
+          Just Eq
+            | ConT n' <- x
+            , nameBase n' == "()"
+            -> return $ TupleT 0
+          _ -> gmapM f x
+  evalStateT (gmapM f t) (1, Map.empty)
+
+getClassName :: Type -> Maybe Name
+getClassName = \case
+  ConT n -> Just n
+  AppT t _ -> getClassName t
+  _ -> Nothing
+
+-- | Note: this is not compatible with PolyKinds
+makeSuper :: String -> Q [Dec]
+makeSuper tStr = case parseType tStr of
+  Left s -> fail $ "Error: Could not parse instance head: " ++ s
+  Right t -> do
+    t' <- normalizeInstanceHead t
+    case getClassName t' of
+      Nothing -> fail $ "Error: Instance head must be of the form \"ClassName (t1) (t2) (t3)...\""
+      Just className -> do
+        qReify className >>= \case
+          ClassI _ instances -> do
+            filterM (\(InstanceD _ _ t2 _) -> (==t') <$> normalizeInstanceHead t2) instances >>= \x -> case x of
+              [InstanceD _ cxt t2 _] -> return
+                [InstanceD Nothing cxt (AppT (ConT ''HasSuper) t2)
+                  [ TySynInstD ''Super $ TySynEqn [t2] $ foldl AppT (TupleT $ length cxt) cxt
+                  , FunD 'super [Clause [WildP] (NormalB (ConE 'Dict)) []]
+                  , FunD 'instantiate [Clause [] (NormalB (AppE (ConE 'Sub) (ConE 'Dict))) []]
+                  ]
+                ]
+              [] -> fail "Error: No matching instances found"
+              _ -> fail "Error: Found multiple instances"
+          _ -> fail $ "Error: " ++ show className ++ " is not a typeclass"
diff --git a/superconstraints.cabal b/superconstraints.cabal
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+name:          superconstraints
+category:      Constraints
+version:       0.0.1
+license:       BSD3
+license-file:  LICENSE
+cabal-version: >= 1.10
+author:        Ryan Trinkle
+maintainer:    Ryan Trinkle <ryan.trinkle@gmail.com
+stability:     experimental
+homepage:      http://github.com/ryantrinkle/superconstraints
+bug-reports:   http://github.com/ryantrinkle/superconstraints/issues
+copyright:     Copyright (C) 2013 Ryan Trinkle
+synopsis:      Access an instance's constraints
+description:   Constraint manipulation
+build-type:    Simple
+extra-source-files: README.markdown
+
+source-repository head
+  type: git
+  location: git://github.com/ryantrinkle/superconstraints.git
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs: src
+  default-language: Haskell2010
+  other-extensions:
+    TypeFamilies,
+    ConstraintKinds,
+    Rank2Types,
+    TypeOperators,
+    ScopedTypeVariables,
+    GADTs,
+    TemplateHaskell,
+    LambdaCase
+
+
+  build-depends: base >= 4.9.1 && < 4.10
+               , constraints >= 0.9.1 && < 0.10
+               , template-haskell >= 2.11.1 && < 2.12
+               , haskell-src-meta >= 0.7.0.1 && < 0.8
+               , mtl >= 2.2.1 && < 2.3
+               , containers >= 0.5.7.1 && < 0.6
+               , type-eq >= 0.5 && < 0.6
+               , tagged >= 0.8.5 && < 0.9
+  exposed-modules:
+    Data.Constraint.Super
+
+  ghc-options: -Wall
