# `constraint-tuples`
[][Hackage: constraint-tuples]
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[][Haskell.org]
[][tl;dr Legal: BSD3]
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[Hackage: constraint-tuples]:
http://hackage.haskell.org/package/constraint-tuples
"constraint-tuples package on Hackage"
[Haskell.org]:
http://www.haskell.org
"The Haskell Programming Language"
[tl;dr Legal: BSD3]:
https://tldrlegal.com/license/bsd-3-clause-license-%28revised%29
"BSD 3-Clause License (Revised)"
This library provides classes and type aliases that emulate the behavior of
GHC's constraint tuple syntax. Unlike GHC's built-in constraint tuples, the
types in this library can be partially applied.
This library exposes four different modules that provide essentially the same
API with slight differences in their implementation:
* `Data.Tuple.Constraint`: A `CTupleN` class compiles to a dictionary data type
with `N` fields. (When building with GHC 9.10 or later, this will simply
re-export the constraint tuples offered by `GHC.Classes`.)
* `Data.Tuple.Constraint.ClassNewtype`: A `CTupleN` class compiles to a newtype
around the corresponding built-in constraint tuple type with `N` arguments.
* `Data.Tuple.Constraint.TypeFamily`: A `CTupleN` type alias is a constraint
tuple type constructor with `N` arguments obtained by way of a type family.
This will compile to a built-in constraint tuple, but casted with a
type family axiom.
* `Data.Tuple.Constraint.TypeSynonym`: A `CTupleN` type alias is a constraint
tuple type constructor with `N` arguments obtained by way of a type synonym.
This will compile directly to a built-in constraint tuple.