--
-- * 'Id.Id': see "Id#name_types"
--
--- * 'Var.Var' is a synonym for the 'Id.Id' type but it may additionally potentially contain type variables,
--- which have a 'TypeRep.Kind' rather than a 'TypeRep.Type' and only contain some extra details during typechecking.
+-- * 'Var.Var' is a synonym for the 'Id.Id' type but it may additionally
+-- potentially contain type variables, which have a 'TypeRep.Kind'
+-- rather than a 'TypeRep.Type' and only contain some extra
+-- details during typechecking.
+--
-- These 'Var.Var' names may either be global or local, see "Var#globalvslocal"
--
-- #globalvslocal#
--- Global 'Id's and 'Var's are those that are imported or correspond to a data constructor, primitive operation, or record selectors.
--- Local 'Id's and 'Var's are those bound within an expression (e.g. by a lambda) or at the top level of the module being compiled.
+-- Global 'Id's and 'Var's are those that are imported or correspond
+-- to a data constructor, primitive operation, or record selectors.
+-- Local 'Id's and 'Var's are those bound within an expression
+-- (e.g. by a lambda) or at the top level of the module being compiled.
+
module Var (
-- * The main data type and synonyms
Var, TyVar, CoVar, Id, DictId, DFunId, EvVar, EvId, IpId,
mkTyVar, mkTcTyVar, mkWildCoVar,
-- ** Taking 'TyVar's apart
- tyVarName, tyVarKind, tcTyVarDetails,
+ tyVarName, tyVarKind, tcTyVarDetails, setTcTyVarDetails,
-- ** Modifying 'TyVar's
setTyVarName, setTyVarUnique, setTyVarKind,
tcTyVarDetails :: TyVar -> TcTyVarDetails
tcTyVarDetails (TcTyVar { tc_tv_details = details }) = details
tcTyVarDetails var = pprPanic "tcTyVarDetails" (ppr var)
+
+setTcTyVarDetails :: TyVar -> TcTyVarDetails -> TyVar
+setTcTyVarDetails tv details = tv { tc_tv_details = details }
\end{code}
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