#11350: Allow visible type application in patterns -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Iceland_jack | Owner: (none) Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.1 Resolution: | Keywords: | TypeApplications PatternSynonyms Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: #11385, #13159, | Differential Rev(s): #13158 | Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by simonpj):
Visible type application in patterns would be extremely useful for implementing core transformations in the new version of the incremental- computing package.
Could you distil some motivating examples from your package? It's good to know it'd be useful, but better to be able to see the usefulness. Thanks! -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11350#comment:19 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler