+-}
+
+
+--trace = Debug.Trace.trace
+--trace msg x = x
+trace msg x = System.IO.Unsafe.unsafePerformIO $ Prelude.return x
+{-
+trace s x = x
+trace msg x = System.IO.Unsafe.unsafePerformIO $
+ (Prelude.>>=) (System.IO.hPutStrLn System.IO.stdout msg) (\_ -> Prelude.return x)
+trace msg x = System.IO.Unsafe.unsafePerformIO $
+ (Prelude.>>=) (System.IO.hPutStr System.IO.stdout " ") (\_ -> Prelude.return x)
+-}
+
+{- -- used for extracting strings WITHOUT the patch for Coq
+bin2ascii =
+ (\ b0 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 ->
+ let f b i = if b then 1 `shiftL` i else 0
+ in Data.Char.chr (f b0 0 .|. f b1 1 .|. f b2 2 .|. f b3 3 .|. f b4 4 .|. f b5 5 .|. f b6 6 .|. f b7 7))
+-}
+
+-- I'm leaving this here (commented out) in case I ever need it again)
+--checkTypeEquality :: Type.Type -> Type.Type -> Prelude.Bool
+--checkTypeEquality t1 t2 = Type.tcEqType (Type.expandTypeSynonyms t1) (Type.expandTypeSynonyms t2)