#9260: Unnecessary error using GHC.TypeLits -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Iceland_jack | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.2 Keywords: type lits, data | Operating System: Linux kinds, error message | Type of failure: Incorrect Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | warning at compile-time Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Compiling: {{{ {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds, TypeOperators, GADTs #-} module Error where import GHC.TypeLits data Fin n where Fzero :: Fin (n + 1) Fsucc :: Fin n -> Fin (n + 1) }}} gives a strange (unnecessary) error message claiming that `Fin 1` doesn't match the expected type `Fin (0 + 1)`: {{{ % ghc --version The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 7.8.2 % ghc -ignore-dot-ghci /tmp/Error.hs [1 of 1] Compiling Error ( /tmp/Error.hs, /tmp/Error.o ) /tmp/Error.hs:12:8: Couldn't match type ‘0’ with ‘1’ Expected type: Fin 1 Actual type: Fin (0 + 1) In the expression: Fsucc Fzero In an equation for ‘test’: test = Fsucc Fzero /tmp/Error.hs:12:14: Couldn't match type ‘1’ with ‘0’ Expected type: Fin 0 Actual type: Fin (0 + 1) In the first argument of ‘Fsucc’, namely ‘Fzero’ In the expression: Fsucc Fzero % }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9260 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler