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-rw-r--r--libraries/base/Unsafe/Coerce.hs4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libraries/base/Unsafe/Coerce.hs b/libraries/base/Unsafe/Coerce.hs
index 930514ce81..ec5b793f87 100644
--- a/libraries/base/Unsafe/Coerce.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/Unsafe/Coerce.hs
@@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ unsafeEqualityProof = case unsafeEqualityProof @a @b of UnsafeRefl -> UnsafeRefl
-- (which have different kinds!) because it's really just a newtype.
-- Note: there is /no guarantee, at all/ that this behavior will be supported
-- into perpetuity.
+--
+--
+-- For safe zero-cost coercions you can instead use the 'Data.Coerce.coerce' function from
+-- "Data.Coerce".
unsafeCoerce :: forall (a :: Type) (b :: Type) . a -> b
unsafeCoerce x = case unsafeEqualityProof @a @b of UnsafeRefl -> x