Utility package for constraints.

Convenience functions and TH for working with constraints. See README.md for example usage.

constraints-extras

Example usage:

> {-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-}
> {-# LANGUAGE KindSignatures #-}
> {-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds #-}
> {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
> {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
> {-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications  #-}
> {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
> {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
> {-# LANGUAGE ConstraintKinds #-}
> {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
> {-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
> {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-}
> {-# LANGUAGE ExistentialQuantification #-}
> {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
>
> import Data.Aeson
> import Data.Constraint.Forall
> import Data.Constraint.Extras
> import Data.Constraint.Extras.TH
>
> data A :: * -> * where
>   A_a :: A Int
>   A_b :: Int -> A ()
>
> deriveArgDict ''A
>
> data B :: * -> * where
>   B_a :: A a -> A a -> B a
>   B_x :: Int -> B Int
>
> deriveArgDict ''B
>
> data V :: (* -> *) -> * where
>   V_a :: A Int -> V A
>
> deriveArgDict ''V
>
> data family Fam a :: * -> *
> data instance Fam () :: * -> * where
>   FI :: Fam () Int
>   FB :: Fam () Bool
>
> deriveArgDict 'FI
> -- this derives an instance Has c (Fam ()) by looking up the associated data instance.
>
> data DSum k f = forall a. DSum (k a) (f a)
>
> -- Derive a ToJSON instance for our 'DSum'
> instance forall k f.
>   ( Has' ToJSON k f -- Given a value of type (k a), we can obtain an instance (ToJSON (f a))
>   , ForallF ToJSON k -- For any (a), we have an instance (ToJSON (k a))
>   ) => ToJSON (DSum k f) where
>   toJSON (DSum (k :: k a) f) = toJSON
>     ( whichever @ToJSON @k @a $ toJSON k -- Use the (ForallF ToJSON k) constraint to obtain the (ToJSON (k a)) instance
>     , has' @ToJSON @f k $ toJSON f -- Use the (Has' ToJSON k f) constraint to obtain the (ToJSON (f a)) instance
>     )
>
> data Some k = forall a. Some (k a)
>
> -- Derive a FromJSON instance for our 'DSum'
> instance (FromJSON (Some f), Has' FromJSON f g) => FromJSON (DSum f g) where
>   parseJSON x = do
>     (jf, jg) <- parseJSON x
>     Some (f :: f a) <- parseJSON jf
>     g <- has' @FromJSON @g f (parseJSON jg)
>     return $ DSum f g
>
> main :: IO ()
> main = return ()