#9106: GHC Panic related to functional dependencies - kindFunResult ----------------------------+--------------------------------------- Reporter: yuriy | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.2 Keywords: | Operating System: Windows Architecture: x86 | Type of failure: Compile-time crash Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ----------------------------+--------------------------------------- Minimal example: {{{ {-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses, DataKinds, FunctionalDependencies, TypeOperators, KindSignatures, PolyKinds, FlexibleInstances, FlexibleContexts, UndecidableInstances #-} import GHC.TypeLits data Proxy (a :: k) = Proxy class FunctorN n f a fa | n f a -> fa where fmapn :: Proxy n -> Proxy f -> (a -> a) -> fa -> fa instance FunctorN 0 f a a where fmapn _ _ a = a instance (Functor f, FunctorN (n - 1) f a fa) => FunctorN n f a (f fa) where fmapn _ pf f = fmap (fmapn (Proxy :: Proxy (n-1)) pf f) }}} Crashes with ghc and ghci: {{{
ghc test [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( test.hs, test.o ) ghc.exe: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.8.20140130 for x86_64-unknown-mingw32): kindFunResult k{tv azb} [sk]
ghci test GHCi, version 7.8.20140130: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done. Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done. Loading package base ... linking ... done. [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( test.hs, interpreted ) ghc.exe: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.8.20140130 for x86_64-unknown-mingw32): kindFunResult k{tv aPm} [sk] }}}
Removing the functional dependency makes the code compile. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9106 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler