#9173: Better type error messages -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: simonpj | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.2 Resolution: | Keywords: | TypeErrorMessages Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: Incorrect | Unknown/Multiple warning at compile-time | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by vanto): I agree with bgamari too.\\ Well, I glanced at the Oxford Dictionary. I have compared the words "context" and "signature".\\ Here is the definition of the word "context":\\ - The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood.\\ Examples:\\ ‘the proposals need to be considered in the context of new European directives’\\ ‘We are going to be able, within a European context, to be in a more positive position.’\\ ‘This is down to his determination to place current events in a historical context.’\\ ‘For new readers this can be an advantage, but they become disadvantages in contexts of closer study.’\\\\ Synonyms of the word context: circumstances, conditions, surroundings, factors, state of affairs\\ frame of reference, contextual relationship.\\ \\ Here is the definition of the word "signature":\\ - A distinctive pattern, product, or characteristic by which someone or something can be identified.\\ Examples:\\ ‘the chef produced the pâté that was his signature’\\ ‘Changes in population size tend to leave recognizable signatures in the patterns of nucleotide diversity.’\\ ‘This process, called intrinsic catalysis, has a characteristic signature in the exchange time measurements versus pH.’\\ ‘Cells tugged in one direction sent biochemical signals in the opposite direction in the form of a signature pattern of fluorescent light.’\\\\ Obviously, the word signature has a more precise meaning, characterizing a thing and the word context has a broader meaning. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9173#comment:26 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler