Re: [GHC] #9778: Namespace collision detection for promoted types

6 Nov 2014

      #9778: Namespace collision detection for promoted types
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              Reporter:  crockeea    |            Owner:
                  Type:  feature     |           Status:  new
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              Priority:  normal      |          Version:  7.8.3
             Component:  Compiler    |         Keywords:
            Resolution:              |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
      Operating System:              |       Difficulty:  Unknown
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Comment (by kosmikus):

 But what if you mean the datatype `S` and not the promoted constructor? If
 you report an ambiguity error, we would need a way to disambiguate the
 other way as well, and we currently cannot.

 I guess the kind error you're getting now could in addition include a hint
 that there's an ambiguity, though, something like
 {{{
 Foo.hs:12:8:
     ‘S’ is applied to too many type arguments
     In the type signature for ‘foo’: foo :: S n -> S n
     (Hint: did you mean the promoted constructor 'S?)
 }}}

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