#11715: Constraint vs * -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: bgamari | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: high | Milestone: 8.2.1 Component: Compiler (Type | Version: 8.0.1-rc1 checker) | Resolution: | Keywords: Typeable Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by ekmett): The main difference is that while we've lost the thinness of constraints in this narrow area, nobody uses them as they are largely regarded as a terrible idea with clunky syntax and, far more importantly, you explicitly can't actually use them as super-classes, so the damage is currently quite well contained. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11715#comment:44 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler