#5296: Add explicit type applications -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: dsf | Owner: goldfire Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: 8.0.1 Component: Compiler (Type | Version: 7.0.3 checker) | Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: GHC rejects | Unknown/Multiple valid program | Test Case: Blocked By: 1897 | Blocking: 10770 Related Tickets: #4466 | Differential Rev(s): Phab:D1681 Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by Richard Eisenberg ): In [changeset:"2db18b8135335da2da9918b722699df684097be9/ghc" 2db18b81/ghc]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="2db18b8135335da2da9918b722699df684097be9" Visible type application This re-working of the typechecker algorithm is based on the paper "Visible type application", by Richard Eisenberg, Stephanie Weirich, and Hamidhasan Ahmed, to be published at ESOP'16. This patch introduces -XTypeApplications, which allows users to say, for example `id @Int`, which has type `Int -> Int`. See the changes to the user manual for details. This patch addresses tickets #10619, #5296, #10589. }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5296#comment:27 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler