Re: ConstraintKinds and default associated empty constraints

On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Bas van Dijk <v.dijk.bas@gmail.com> wrote:

On 23 December 2011 17:44, Simon Peyton-Jones <simonpj@microsoft.com> wrote:

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My attempt at forming a new understanding was driven by your example.

class Functor f where type C f :: * -> Constraint type C f = ()

sorry -- that was simply type incorrect. () does not have kind * -> Constraint

So am I correct that the `class Empty a; instance Empty a` trick is currently the only way to get default associated empty constraints?

Yes.