#7688: :kind should do kind generalisation ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: simonpj | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.8.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.2 Keywords: | Os: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Testcase: Blockedby: | Blocking: Related: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by simonpj): * cc: sheard@… (added) Comment: The general problem is that many files are loaded, so which flags would you like to be in force? I do wonder whether, at least for `:kind`, we could temporarily switch on `PolyKinds`, precisely to get the type generalised. That would be easy; would have no effect if the types mentioned were not themselves polykinded; and would probably lead to fewer surprises. It's a bit ad hoc, but I think it'd be an improvement. Any other opinions? Simon -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7688#comment:5 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler