[GHC] #12072: GHC panic on type wildcard in left-hand side of data family

#12072: GHC panic on type wildcard in left-hand side of data family -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: andreash | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.3 Keywords: | Operating System: Linux Architecture: x86_64 | Type of failure: Compile-time (amd64) | crash Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- While playing around with data families I received the following output by ghc/ghci: {{{ ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.10.3 for x86_64-unknown-linux): rnHsTyKi HsWildcardTy Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug }}} I had accidentally left a wildcard `_` on the left-hand side of a data instance definition. To reproduce enter the following code into a file and try to load that file into ghci, or try to compile it with ghc: {{{#!hs data family Bug x data instance Bug _ = Bug }}} The expected behavior would be a (non-panic) error message of some sort. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12072 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

#12072: GHC panic on type wildcard in left-hand side of data family -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: andreash | Owner: Type: bug | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.3 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Operating System: Linux | Architecture: x86_64 Type of failure: Compile-time | (amd64) crash | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by simonpj): * status: new => closed * resolution: => fixed Comment: Thanks. This is OK in HEAD (and I hope 8.0). Wildcards are explicitly allowed on the LHS of type/data family instances. See the [http://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/master/users-guide/glasgow_exts.html #data-instance-declarations user manual Section 9.9.1.2]. You are right that it's a bug in 7.10.3. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12072#comment:1 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

#12072: GHC panic on type wildcard in left-hand side of data family
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Reporter: andreash | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.3
Resolution: fixed | Keywords:
Operating System: Linux | Architecture: x86_64
Type of failure: Compile-time | (amd64)
crash | Test Case:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s):
Wiki Page: |
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Comment (by Simon Peyton Jones

#12072: GHC panic on type wildcard in left-hand side of data family
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Reporter: andreash | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.3
Resolution: fixed | Keywords:
Operating System: Linux | Architecture: x86_64
Type of failure: Compile-time | (amd64)
crash | Test Case:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s):
Wiki Page: |
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Comment (by Ben Gamari
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