#13430: Can't scope type variables when pattern matching on GADTs -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: crockeea | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.0.2 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: GHC rejects Unknown/Multiple | valid program Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- I was very surprised that the following doesn't compile: {{{ {-# LANGUAGE GADTs, ScopedTypeVariables #-} data Foo x where A :: Foo Bool B :: Foo Int foo :: Foo x -> () foo (A :: Foo Bool) = () }}} GHC says that it couldn't match the type `y` with `Bool`. See [this question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/42824949/type-inference-with- gadts) for a simple motivating example. As someone there pointed out, the situation would be improved with type application (#11350), but this ticket is about bringing the output type in scope with `ScopedTypeVariables`. This most closely reminds me of #1823 (!), but that was resolved many moons ago. This behavior also exists in 7.10.3. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13430 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler