#14863: QuantifiedConstraints: Can't deduce `c' from `(a, b)' and `a |- b |- c' -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Iceland_jack | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.5 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple QuantifiedConstraints wipT2893 | Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- #14833 fixes #14835: we can witness `curryC :: ((a, b) |- c) :- (a |- b |- c)`. Now for the entirely predictable, how about **un**`curryC` {{{#!hs {-# Language QuantifiedConstraints, RankNTypes, PolyKinds, ConstraintKinds, UndecidableInstances, GADTs, LiberalTypeSynonyms, TypeOperators, MultiParamTypeClasses, FlexibleInstances #-} data Dict c where Dict :: c => Dict c infixr |- class (a => b) => (a |- b) instance (a => b) => (a |- b) type a :- b = Dict (a |- b) uncurryC :: forall a b c. (a |- b |- c) :- ((a, b) |- c) uncurryC = Dict }}} {{{ $ ghci -ignore-dot-ghci Z.hs GHCi, version 8.5.20180128: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( Z.hs, interpreted ) Z.hs:13:12: error: • Could not deduce: c arising from a use of ‘Dict’ from the context: a |- (b |- c) bound by a quantified context at Z.hs:1:1 or from: (a, b) bound by a quantified context at Z.hs:1:1 • In the expression: Dict In an equation for ‘uncurryC’: uncurryC = Dict • Relevant bindings include uncurryC :: (a |- (b |- c)) :- ((a, b) |- c) (bound at Z.hs:13:1) | 13 | uncurryC = Dict | ^^^^ Failed, no modules loaded. Prelude> }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14863 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler