[GHC] #15384: Every implication should bump the TcLevel exactly once

15 Jul 2018

      #15384: Every implication should bump the TcLevel exactly once
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           Reporter:  goldfire       |             Owner:  (none)
               Type:  task           |            Status:  new
           Priority:  normal         |         Milestone:  8.6.1
          Component:  Compiler       |           Version:  8.5
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       Architecture:                 |   Type of failure:  None/Unknown
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 Simon recently added an assertion that every implication bumps the TcLevel
 exactly once. However, this turns out not to be true, and thus caused
 quite a few failures in a `DEBUG` compiler. I commented the check out, but
 we really should investigate and fix any deviations from this plan.

 Here is the suspect code in TcSimplify:

 {{{
     -- Though sensible, this check causes lots of testsuite failures. It
 is
     -- remaining commented out for now.
     {-
     check_tc_level = do { cur_lvl <- TcS.getTcLevel
                         ; MASSERT2( tclvl == pushTcLevel cur_lvl
                                   , text "Cur lvl =" <+> ppr cur_lvl $$
                                     text "Imp lvl =" <+> ppr tclvl ) }
     -}
 }}}

 The goal is to uncomment this region without introducing failures.

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Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/15384
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