Create simple utility module for type specialization.

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+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+
+
+module Haddock.Backends.Xhtml.Specialize (specialize) where
+
+
+import Haddock.Syb
+
+import GHC
+
+import Data.Data
+
+
+specialize :: (Eq name, Data (HsType name))
+           => name -> HsType name -> HsType name -> HsType name
+specialize name details = everywhere (mkT $ specialize' name details)
+
+specialize' :: Eq name => name -> HsType name -> HsType name -> HsType name
+specialize' name details (HsTyVar name') | name == name' = details
+specialize' _ _ typ = typ
+ 
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