#10581: Recommend ScopedTypeVariables -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: goldfire | Owner: Type: feature | Status: new request | Milestone: Priority: normal | Version: 7.10.1 Component: Compiler | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Keywords: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Architecture: | Blocked By: Unknown/Multiple | Related Tickets: Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- The !ScopedTypeVariables extension is one of the few that doesn't recommend itself when it should be used. I recognize that this may be hard to do, but here is a strawman proposal: Always behave as if !ScopedTypeVariables is on at binding sites for type variables (in an annotation with `forall`). Then, at ''occurrences'' of type variables, check if the extension is on. If a type variable is in scope but the extension is off, remember that the user probably wants the extension, but then rename the type variable occurrence away from the in- scope one. If a type error ensues, we've remembered that the lack of !ScopedTypeVariables may be to blame, and we recommend turning it on. There may be better approaches, too. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10581 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler