+%************************************************************************
+%* *
+\subsection[Utils-Data]{Utils for defining Data instances}
+%* *
+%************************************************************************
+
+These functions helps us to define Data instances for abstract types.
+
+\begin{code}
+abstractConstr :: String -> Constr
+abstractConstr n = mkConstr (abstractDataType n) ("{abstract:"++n++"}") [] Prefix
+\end{code}
+
+\begin{code}
+abstractDataType :: String -> DataType
+abstractDataType n = mkDataType n [abstractConstr n]
+\end{code}
+
+\begin{code}
+-- Old GHC versions come with a base library with this function misspelled.
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 612
+mkNoRepType :: String -> DataType
+mkNoRepType = mkNorepType
+#endif
+\end{code}
+