[GHC] #14645: Allow type family in data family return kind

7 Jan 2018

      #14645: Allow type family in data family return kind
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           Reporter:  goldfire       |             Owner:  (none)
               Type:  bug            |            Status:  new
           Priority:  normal         |         Milestone:
          Component:  Compiler       |           Version:  8.4.1-alpha1
           Keywords:  TypeInType,    |  Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple
  TypeFamilies                       |
       Architecture:                 |   Type of failure:  None/Unknown
  Unknown/Multiple                   |
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 GHC currently allows

 {{{#!hs
 data family DF1 :: k1 -> k2
 }}}

 where it's expected (and checked) that all data ''instances'' have a
 return kind of `Type`. (Perhaps `k2` expands to `Type -> Type`, for
 example.)

 However, it rejects

 {{{#!hs
 type family TF (x :: Type) :: Type
 data family DF2 :: x -> TF x
 }}}

 when that's clearly just as sensible as the first definition.

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Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14645
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