Re: [GHC] #14111: strange error when using data families with levity polymorphism and unboxed sums and data families

20 Aug 2017

      #14111: strange error when using data families with levity polymorphism and unboxed
sums and data families
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        Reporter:  carter            |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.2.1
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  TypeFamilies
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Comment (by RyanGlScott):

 I'm confused - is this GADT behavior, or data family behavior? I can't
 seem to trigger a similar sort of error with a non-family GADT. For
 instance, this works fine:

 {{{#!hs
 {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
 module Foo where

 data M (a :: Bool)

 data F (a :: k) where
   MkF :: M a -> F a
 }}}

 (Granted, these examples aren't quite equivalent, but this was the most
 convenient way I could think of to constraint the type parameter to be of
 kind `Bool` without actually giving it an explicit kind signature.)

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