# `ghc-bignum-orphans`
[][Hackage: ghc-bignum-orphans]
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[][Haskell.org]
[][tl;dr Legal: BSD3]
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[Hackage: ghc-bignum-orphans]:
http://hackage.haskell.org/package/ghc-bignum-orphans
"ghc-bignum-orphans 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)"
`ghc-bignum-orphans` defines orphan instances that mimic instances available in
later versions of `ghc-bignum` to a wider (older) range of compilers.
`ghc-bignum-orphans` does not export anything except the orphan instances themselves.