[GHC] #1580: Get GHC happy with alternate base packages (split base)

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#1580: Get GHC happy with alternate base packages (split base)
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 Reporter:  SamB      |          Owner:             
     Type:  task      |         Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:  6.10 branch
Component:  Compiler  |        Version:  6.6.1      
 Severity:  normal    |     Resolution:             
 Keywords:            |     Difficulty:  Unknown    
 Testcase:            |   Architecture:  Unknown    
       Os:  Unknown   |  
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Comment (by SamB):

 Replying to [comment:1 igloo]:
 > Other than splitting up base (#1338), I'm not clear on exactly what you
 want. Is it more rebindable syntax? For example, the wiki page you point
 at says you want to replace Read, but I'm not sure exactly what you mean
 by that. You can make a class called Read, but GHC isn't going to know how
 to derive instances of it.
 >
 > If you could give a more concrete list of changes you want then that
 would be very helpful.

 Well, this ghc-prim package I'm seeing in HEAD is a step in the direction
 I meant ;-).

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