Hi,

I think I don't quite understand the question.

The code you propose seems wrong to me for a different reason:
The type constructor (->) for function values has Kind: * -> * -> *

In fact, GHC will print this error when compiling the snippet with the corresponding extensions.

Promoting a data type is done differently.

Can you elaborate on what exactly it is you are proposing?

Sincerely
Kai Prott

Hello,

Currently with `DataKind` extension, Haskell allows to promote terms / types to types / kinds.  Currently, one cannot write:

```
data K a where
  K0 :: forall (x :: a). x -> K a
```

Because `K0` is both a term and a type constructor, and as a term and one cannot represent `x` of kind `a`.  Is there a proposal or an issue to allow such declaration and error at use sites of `K0` as a term, rather than at declaration site?

Best regards,
Marcin Szamotulski

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