#9018: GHC suppresses too much kind information -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Reporter: simonpj | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.2 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Difficulty: Unknown Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Comment (by goldfire): +1 from me. I lived without a .ghci file until I experienced pain from this particular issue. Now, I have {{{ :seti -XPolyKinds :set -fprint-explicit-foralls :set -fprint-explicit-kinds }}} among other options. Perhaps it might also be nice to inform the user to use `-fprint-explicit- kinds` in an error message if some heuristics (don't know what, at the moment) indicate that it might be helpful. I feel like I've answered several invalid bug reports because of quite legitimately confusing error messages. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9018#comment:1 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler