Re: [GHC] #15125: Typeclass instance selection depends on the optimisation level

9 May 2018

      #15125: Typeclass instance selection depends on the optimisation level
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        Reporter:  nicuveo           |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.6.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.2.2
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Comment (by nicuveo):

 Yes, I'm using the version in the tarball; I simplified it for the purpose
 of the bug description. And my apologies: I double-checked, and indeed,
 the code in the tarball works for 8.4.2; my stack setup was wrong. Sorry
 about that!

 ...however, sadly, there is the other bug I highlight in comment:6.

 If you replace //A.hs// to read:
 {{{#!hs
 instance A a where
   someValue = const Nothing
 }}}

 and //B.hs// to read:
 {{{#!hs
 instance {-# OVERLAPPING #-} A B where
   someValue (B x) = Just x
 }}}

 Then the same behaviour is back with 8.4.2: with -O0, it prints 42, with
 -O2, it prints 0.

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Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/15125#comment:9
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