Even though Haskell is not, by design, a homoiconic language a-la Lisp, in some cases having Show produce strings that can be parsed back is advantageous. For example, LiquidFixpoint's clients such as Sprite, may dump VCs in LF format; these dumps can be a valuable aid in understanding the code. This series of commits ensures the dumped VCs are in fact valid LF.
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Even though Haskell is not, by design, a homoiconic language a-la Lisp, in some cases having Show produce strings that can be parsed back is advantageous. For example, LiquidFixpoint's clients such as Sprite, may dump VCs in LF format; these dumps can be a valuable aid in understanding the code. This series of commits ensures the dumped VCs are in fact valid LF.