Re: [GHC] #10815: Need more kind inference in associated type instances

#10815: Need more kind inference in associated type instances -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: goldfire | Owner: goldfire Type: bug | Status: patch Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler (Type | Version: 7.10.2 checker) | Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Revisions: Phab:D1195 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by Richard Eisenberg ): In [changeset:"2d4db40ac07db2fc776d61aac2383608911281ff/ghc" 2d4db40a/ghc]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="2d4db40ac07db2fc776d61aac2383608911281ff" Fix #10815 by kind-checking type patterns against known kinds. tcFamTyPats now must take information about the instantiation of any class variables, when checking the instance of an associated type. Getting this to work out required some unexpected refactoring in TcDeriv. TcDeriv needs to look at class instances because of the possibility of associated datatypes with `deriving` specs. TcDeriv worked over the user-specified instances. But any data family instances were already processed, and TcDeriv had no way of finding the rep tycons. Indeed, TcDeriv *re-type-checked* any data family instances in an attempt to rediscover what GHC already knew. So, this commit introduces better tracking of compiled data families between TcInstDcls and TcDeriv to streamline all of this. }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10815#comment:2 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler