Re: [GHC] #13731: DeriveFunctor and friends don't understand type families

22 May 2017

      #13731: DeriveFunctor and friends don't understand type families
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        Reporter:  spacekitteh       |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.2.1-rc2
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Comment (by Iceland_jack):

 That instance becomes writable if we mark `ExtensionType` injective

 {{{#!hs
 data Test :: Type -> Type -> Type where
   Foo    :: a -> Test ext a
   Extend :: ExtensionType ext a -> Test ext a

 type family ExtensionType a = (res :: Type -> Type)  | res -> a
 data ListExtension
 type instance ExtensionType ListExtension = []

 instance Functor (ExtensionType ext) => Functor (Test ext) where
   fmap :: (a -> a') -> (Test ext a -> Test ext a')
   fmap f = \case
     Foo    a  -> Foo (f a)
     Extend ex -> Extend (fmap f ex)
 }}}

 We need to bump the arity of `ExtensionType` down to one, given that we
 don't have #10832.

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