Remove dead code

diff --git a/compiler/types/Type.lhs b/compiler/types/Type.lhs
index 649baea..a5ff5ad 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler/types/Type.lhs
+++ b/compiler/types/Type.lhs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ module Type (
        predTypeRep, mkPredTy, mkPredTys, pprSourceTyCon, mkFamilyTyConApp,
 
        -- Newtypes
-       splitRecNewType_maybe, newTyConInstRhs,
+       newTyConInstRhs,
 
        -- Lifting and boxity
        isUnLiftedType, isUnboxedTupleType, isAlgType, isPrimitiveType,
@@ -632,31 +632,6 @@ pprSourceTyCon tycon
 
 %************************************************************************
 %*                                                                     *
-               NewTypes
-%*                                                                     *
-%************************************************************************
-
-\begin{code}
-splitRecNewType_maybe :: Type -> Maybe Type
--- Sometimes we want to look through a recursive newtype, and that's what happens here
--- It only strips *one layer* off, so the caller will usually call itself recursively
--- Only applied to types of kind *, hence the newtype is always saturated
-splitRecNewType_maybe ty | Just ty' <- coreView ty = splitRecNewType_maybe ty'
-splitRecNewType_maybe (TyConApp tc tys)
-  | isClosedNewTyCon tc
-  = ASSERT( tys `lengthIs` tyConArity tc )     -- splitRecNewType_maybe only be applied 
-                                               --      to *types* (of kind *)
-    ASSERT( isRecursiveTyCon tc )              -- Guaranteed by coreView
-    case newTyConRhs tc of
-       (tvs, rep_ty) -> ASSERT( length tvs == length tys )
-                        Just (substTyWith tvs tys rep_ty)
-       
-splitRecNewType_maybe other = Nothing
-\end{code}
-
-
-%************************************************************************
-%*                                                                     *
 \subsection{Kinds and free variables}
 %*                                                                     *
 %************************************************************************