#12030: GHCi Proposal: Display (Data.Kind.)Type instead of * -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Iceland_jack | Owner: johnleo Type: feature request | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.6.1 Component: GHCi | Version: 8.1 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: TypeInType Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by RyanGlScott): * status: new => closed * resolution: => fixed * milestone: => 8.6.1 Comment: My understanding is that the `-XNoStarIsType` extension gives you exactly what you seek here, since that displays `*` as `Type` in GHCi: {{{ GHCi, version 8.6.0.20180714: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Loaded GHCi configuration from /home/rgscott/.ghci λ> :kind Int Int :: * λ> :set -XNoStarIsType λ> :kind Int Int :: Type }}} As such, I'm opting to close this. (There's still an [https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/143 ongoing discussion] about whether `-XNoStarIsType` should be the default, but that's a separate matter.) -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12030#comment:4 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler