- ctxt_pred = mkClassPred clas (tys ++ [mkTyConApp rep_tc args_to_keep])
-
- mk_dfun dfun_name = mkDictFunId dfun_name clas tyvars
- (tys ++ [mkTyConApp tycon (mkTyVarTys tyvars_to_keep)] )
- [ctxt_pred]
-
- -- We can only do this newtype deriving thing if:
- standard_instance = null tys && classKey clas `elem` derivableClassKeys
+ rep_tys = tys ++ [mkAppTys rep_fn args_to_keep]
+ rep_pred = mkClassPred clas rep_tys
+ -- rep_pred is the representation dictionary, from where
+ -- we are gong to get all the methods for the newtype dictionary
+
+ inst_tys = (tys ++ [mkTyConApp tycon (mkTyVarTys tyvars_to_keep)])
+ -- The 'tys' here come from the partial application
+ -- in the deriving clause. The last arg is the new
+ -- instance type.
+
+ -- We must pass the superclasses; the newtype might be an instance
+ -- of them in a different way than the representation type
+ -- E.g. newtype Foo a = Foo a deriving( Show, Num, Eq )
+ -- Then the Show instance is not done via isomprphism; it shows
+ -- Foo 3 as "Foo 3"
+ -- The Num instance is derived via isomorphism, but the Show superclass
+ -- dictionary must the Show instance for Foo, *not* the Show dictionary
+ -- gotten from the Num dictionary. So we must build a whole new dictionary
+ -- not just use the Num one. The instance we want is something like:
+ -- instance (Num a, Show (Foo a), Eq (Foo a)) => Num (Foo a) where
+ -- (+) = ((+)@a)
+ -- ...etc...
+ -- There's no 'corece' needed because after the type checker newtypes
+ -- are transparent.
+
+ sc_theta = substTheta (mkTyVarSubst clas_tyvars inst_tys)
+ (classSCTheta clas)
+
+ -- If there are no tyvars, there's no need
+ -- to abstract over the dictionaries we need
+ dict_args | null tyvars = []
+ | otherwise = rep_pred : sc_theta
+
+ -- Finally! Here's where we build the dictionary Id
+ mk_dfun dfun_name = mkDictFunId dfun_name tyvars dict_args clas inst_tys
+
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+ -- Figuring out whether we can only do this newtype-deriving thing
+
+ right_arity = length tys + 1 == classArity clas