#12005: Constraint instances not shown in `:info` -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Iceland_jack | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.3 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- {{{ $ ghci -ignore-dot-ghci -XKindSignatures -XRank2Types -XConstraintKinds -XAllowAmbiguousTypes -XInstanceSigs GHCi, version 8.1.20160428: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Prelude> import Data.Kind Prelude Data.Kind> class Defer (p :: Constraint) where defer :: (p => r) -> r Prelude Data.Kind> instance Defer () where defer :: r -> r; defer = id Prelude Data.Kind> :i Defer class Defer (p :: Constraint) where defer :: (p => r) -> r {-# MINIMAL defer #-} -- Defined at <interactive>:2:1 }}} Same happens with the [https://github.com/ekmett/constraints/blob/master/src/Data/Constraint/Deferr... Data.Constraint.Deferrable] which defines: {{{#!hs instance (Typeable a, Typeable b) => Deferrable (a ~ b) instance (Deferrable a, Deferrable b) => Deferrable (a, b) instance (Deferrable a, Deferrable b, Deferrable c) => Deferrable (a, b, c) }}} but no instances are shown: {{{ ghci> import Data.Constraint.Deferrable ghci> :i Deferrable class Deferrable (p :: Constraint) where deferEither :: proxy p -> (p => r) -> Either String r {-# MINIMAL deferEither #-} -- Defined in ‘Data.Constraint.Deferrable’ }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12005 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler