+carefullySplitNewType_maybe :: [TyCon] -> TyCon -> [Type] -> Maybe ([TyCon],Type)
+-- Return the representation of a newtype, unless
+-- we've seen it already: see Note [Expanding newtypes]
+carefullySplitNewType_maybe rec_nts tc tys
+ | isNewTyCon tc
+ , not (tc `elem` rec_nts) = Just (rec_nts', newTyConInstRhs tc tys)
+ | otherwise = Nothing
+ where
+ rec_nts' | isRecursiveTyCon tc = tc:rec_nts
+ | otherwise = rec_nts
+
+