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+%
+% (c) The AQUA Project, Glasgow University, 1996-1998
+%
+\section[FieldLabel]{The @FieldLabel@ type}
+
+\begin{code}
+module FieldLabel(
+	FieldLabel,	-- Abstract
+
+	mkFieldLabel, 
+	fieldLabelName,	fieldLabelTyCon, fieldLabelType, fieldLabelTag,
+
+	FieldLabelTag,
+	firstFieldLabelTag, allFieldLabelTags
+  ) where
+
+#include "HsVersions.h"
+
+import Type( Type )
+import TyCon( TyCon )
+import Name		( Name{-instance Eq/Outputable-}, NamedThing(..), nameUnique )
+import Outputable
+import Unique           ( Uniquable(..) )
+\end{code}
+
+\begin{code}
+data FieldLabel
+  = FieldLabel	Name	        -- Also used as the Name of the field selector Id
+
+		TyCon		-- Parent type constructor
+
+		Type		-- Type of the field; may have free type variables that
+				-- are the tyvars of its parent *data* constructor, and
+				-- those will be the same as the tyvars of its parent *type* constructor
+				-- e.g.  data T a = MkT { op1 :: a -> a, op2 :: a -> Int }
+				-- The type in the FieldLabel for op1 will be simply (a->a).
+
+		FieldLabelTag	-- Indicates position within constructor
+				-- (starting with firstFieldLabelTag)
+				--
+				-- If the same field occurs in more than one constructor
+				-- then it'll have a separate FieldLabel on each occasion,
+				-- but with a single name (and presumably the same type!)
+
+type FieldLabelTag = Int
+
+mkFieldLabel = FieldLabel
+
+firstFieldLabelTag :: FieldLabelTag
+firstFieldLabelTag = 1
+
+allFieldLabelTags :: [FieldLabelTag]
+allFieldLabelTags = [firstFieldLabelTag..]
+
+fieldLabelName  (FieldLabel n _ _  _)   = n
+fieldLabelTyCon (FieldLabel _ tc _ _)   = tc
+fieldLabelType  (FieldLabel _ _ ty _)   = ty
+fieldLabelTag   (FieldLabel _ _ _  tag) = tag
+
+instance Eq FieldLabel where
+    fl1 == fl2 = fieldLabelName fl1 == fieldLabelName fl2
+
+instance Outputable FieldLabel where
+    ppr fl = ppr (fieldLabelName fl)
+
+instance NamedThing FieldLabel where
+    getName = fieldLabelName
+
+instance Uniquable FieldLabel where
+    getUnique fl = nameUnique (fieldLabelName fl)
+\end{code}