# `ghc-bignum-orphans` [![Hackage](https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/ghc-bignum-orphans.svg)][Hackage: ghc-bignum-orphans] [![Hackage Dependencies](https://img.shields.io/hackage-deps/v/ghc-bignum-orphans.svg)](http://packdeps.haskellers.com/reverse/ghc-bignum-orphans) [![Haskell Programming Language](https://img.shields.io/badge/language-Haskell-blue.svg)][Haskell.org] [![BSD3 License](http://img.shields.io/badge/license-BSD3-brightgreen.svg)][tl;dr Legal: BSD3] [![Build Status](https://github.com/haskell-compat/ghc-bignum-orphans/workflows/Haskell-CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/haskell-compat/ghc-bignum-orphans/actions?query=workflow%3AHaskell-CI) [Hackage: ghc-bignum-orphans]: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/ghc-bignum-orphans "ghc-bignum-orphans package on Hackage" [Haskell.org]: http://www.haskell.org "The Haskell Programming Language" [tl;dr Legal: BSD3]: https://tldrlegal.com/license/bsd-3-clause-license-%28revised%29 "BSD 3-Clause License (Revised)" `ghc-bignum-orphans` defines orphan instances that mimic instances available in later versions of `ghc-bignum` to a wider (older) range of compilers. `ghc-bignum-orphans` does not export anything except the orphan instances themselves.