[GHC] #11503: TypeError woes (incl. pattern match checker)

27 Jan 2016

      #11503: TypeError woes (incl. pattern match checker)
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           Reporter:  goldfire       |             Owner:
               Type:  bug            |            Status:  new
           Priority:  normal         |         Milestone:
          Component:  Compiler       |           Version:  8.1
           Keywords:                 |  Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple
       Architecture:                 |   Type of failure:  None/Unknown
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 When I say

 {{{
 {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds, GADTs, KindSignatures, TypeFamilies,
              UndecidableInstances #-}
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fwarn-incomplete-patterns #-}

 module Bug where

 import GHC.TypeLits
 import GHC.Exts ( Constraint )

 type family NotInt a where
   NotInt Int = TypeError (Text "That's Int, silly.")
   NotInt _   = (() :: Constraint)

 data T a where
   MkT1 :: a -> T a
   MkT2 :: NotInt a => T a

 foo :: T Int -> Int
 foo (MkT1 x) = x
 }}}

 I get

 {{{
 Bug.hs:19:1: warning:
     Pattern match(es) are non-exhaustive
     In an equation for ‘foo’: Patterns not matched: MkT2
 }}}

 But I shouldn't.

 Even worse, perhaps, GHC accepts my pattern-match against `MkT2` if I add
 it. If I change the `TypeError` to `False ~ True`, I get the correct
 behavior.

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Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11503
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