TypeClassDictionaries.hs

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--
-- Module      :  Language.PureScript.TypeClassDictionaries
-- Copyright   :  (c) 2014 Phil Freeman
-- License     :  MIT
--
-- Maintainer  :  Phil Freeman <paf31@cantab.net>
-- Stability   :  experimental
-- Portability :
--
-- |
--
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{-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable #-}

module Language.PureScript.TypeClassDictionaries where

import Data.Data

import Language.PureScript.Names
import Language.PureScript.Types

-- |
-- Data representing a type class dictionary which is in scope
--
data TypeClassDictionaryInScope
  = TypeClassDictionaryInScope {
    -- |
    -- The identifier with which the dictionary can be accessed at runtime
    --
      tcdName :: Qualified Ident
    -- |
    -- The name of the type class to which this type class instance applies
    --
    , tcdClassName :: Qualified ProperName
    -- |
    -- The types to which this type class instance applies
    --
    , tcdInstanceTypes :: [Type]
    -- |
    -- Type class dependencies which must be satisfied to construct this dictionary
    --
    , tcdDependencies :: Maybe [(Qualified ProperName, [Type])]
    -- |
    -- The type of this dictionary
    --
    , tcdType :: TypeClassDictionaryType
    -- |
    -- Is this instance exported by its module?
    --
    , tcdExported :: Bool
    } deriving (Show, Data, Typeable)

-- |
-- The type of a type class dictionary
--
data TypeClassDictionaryType
  -- |
  -- A regular type class dictionary
  --
  = TCDRegular
  -- |
  -- A type class dictionary which is an alias for an imported dictionary from another module
  --
  | TCDAlias (Qualified Ident) deriving (Show, Eq, Data, Typeable)