imports 

{-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wno-redundant-constraints #-}
{-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving, FlexibleInstances #-}

module Plutarch.Docs.DerivingForNewtype (PPubKeyHash'(..), PPubKeyHash(..)) where
import Plutarch.Prelude
import GHC.Generics (Generic)

Deriving typeclasses for newtypes

If you're defining a newtype to an existing Plutarch type, like so:

newtype PPubKeyHash' (s :: S) = PPubKeyHash' (Term s (PDataNewtype PByteString))

You ideally want to just have this newtype be represented as a PByteString under the hood. Therefore, all the typeclass instances of PByteString make sense for PPubKeyHash as well. In this case, you can simply derive all those typeclasses for your PPubKeyHash type as well:

newtype PPubKeyHash (s :: S) = PPubKeyHash (Term s (PDataNewtype PByteString))
  deriving stock (Generic)
  deriving anyclass (PlutusType, PIsData, PEq, POrd, PShow)
instance DerivePlutusType PPubKeyHash where type DPTStrat _ = PlutusTypeNewtype

Note: It's important to note that the content of a newtype that aims to be a Plutarch type (i.e. can be represented as a Plutarch term), must also be a Plutarch term. The type PByteString s simply doesn't exist in the Plutus Core world after compilation. It's all just Terms. So, when you say Term s PPubKeyHash, you're really just describing a Term s PByteString under the hood - since that's what it is during runtime.

Aside: You can access the inner type using pto (assuming it's a PlutusType instance). For example, pto x, where x :: Term s PPubKeyHash, would give you Term s PByteString. pto converts a PlutusType term to its inner type. This is very useful, for example, when you need to use a function that operates on bytestring terms, but all you have is a Term s PPubKeyHash. You know it's literally a bytestring under the hood anyway - but how do you obtain that? Using pto!

Currently, DerivePNewtype lets you derive the following typeclasses for your Plutarch types:

  • PEq
  • PIntegral
  • PIsData
  • PNum
  • POrd
  • PShow
  • PlutusType

Note: You cannot derive instances for Terms anymore because of coherence issues with the previous solutions. All derivations have to be done for the PlutusType (e.g. you cannot newtype derive Semigroup for PPubKeyHash anymore)