Re: [GHC] #14514: Higher-Rank Kinds work in ADT but not GADT

23 Nov 2017

      #14514: Higher-Rank Kinds work in ADT but not GADT
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        Reporter:  Iceland_jack      |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  closed
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.2.1
      Resolution:  invalid           |             Keywords:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Comment (by Iceland_jack):

 Great, could GHC detect that `ETag -> Type` is an instance (don't know the
 right terminology) of `WithAnyTag` and propose quantifying over it?

 {{{
     • Expected kind ‘WithAnyTag’, but ‘ext1’ has kind ‘ETag -> *’
     • In the first argument of ‘Exp’, namely ‘ext’
       In the type ‘Exp ext’
       In the definition of data constructor ‘Var’
    |
 17 |   Var :: ext VarTag -> Exp ext
    |                            ^^^
     • Try quantifying over `AnyTag`
    |
 17 |   Var :: forall (ext::AnyTag). ext VarTag -> Exp ext
    |
 }}}

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