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"Use fewer imports" suggestion when importing multiple fields from the same record

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#1,133 opened on Sep 17, 2020

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Description

For instance, for the following line of code: import Test.Hspec.Formatters (Formatter(failedFormatter), Formatter(footerFormatter))

Suggest the following as alternative: import Test.Hspec.Formatters (Formatter(failedFormatter, footerFormatter))

Does it sound like a reasonable feature to add under "Use fewer imports" suggestion?

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Identify the code in hlint that handles import declarations and add a new suggestion rule that detects multiple imports from the same module and suggests combining them.
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