data Coercion a b where Source

Representational equality. If Coercion a b is inhabited by some terminating value, then the type a has the same underlying representation as the type b.

To use this equality in practice, pattern-match on the Coercion a b to get out the Coercible a b instance, and then use coerce to apply it.

Since: 4.7.0.0

coerceWith :: Coercion a b -> a -> b Source

Type-safe cast, using representational equality

sym :: forall a b. Coercion a b -> Coercion b a Source

Symmetry of representational equality

trans :: Coercion a b -> Coercion b c -> Coercion a c Source

Transitivity of representational equality

repr :: (a :~: b) -> Coercion a b Source

Convert propositional (nominal) equality to representational equality

class TestCoercion f where Source

This class contains types where you can learn the equality of two types from information contained in terms. Typically, only singleton types should inhabit this class.