Re: [GHC] #12826: TyVar ASSERT failure in type family checking: T12041

#12826: TyVar ASSERT failure in type family checking: T12041 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: simonpj | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.0.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by Simon Peyton Jones ): In [changeset:"18d0bdd3848201882bae167e3b15fd797d217e93/ghc" 18d0bdd3/ghc]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="18d0bdd3848201882bae167e3b15fd797d217e93" Allow TyVars in TcTypes Up to now we've had a rule that a TyVar can't apppear in a type seen by the type checker; they should all be TcTyVars. But: a) With -XTypeInType it becomes much harder to exclude them; see Note [TcTyVars in the typechecker] in TcType. b) It's unnecessary to exculde them; instead we can just treat a TyVar just like vanillaSkolemTv. This is what was causing an ASSERT error in indexed-types/should_fail/T12041, reported in Trac #12826. That patch allows a TyVar in a TcType. The most significant change is to make Var.tcTyVarDetails return vanillaSkolemTv. In fact it already did, but (a) it was not documented, and (b) we never exploited it. Now we rely on it. }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12826#comment:2 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler