true-name

Template Haskell hack to violate another module's abstractions

Version on this page:	0.0.0.2
LTS Haskell 23.21:	0.2.0.0
Stackage Nightly 2024-12-09:	0.2.0.0
Latest on Hackage:	0.2.0.0

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BSD-3-Clause licensed by Liyang HU

Maintained by [email protected]

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Module documentation for 0.0.0.2

Unsafe
- Unsafe.TrueName

Depends on 2 packages(full list with versions):

base, template-haskell

Knowing a true name gives one power over its owner.

A Template Haskell hack to get unexported Names―be they data constructors, record fields or class methods―a slightly less unsafe way to violate another module's abstractions than unsafeCoerce.

A few quick examples.