Associated *data* types should work in the HEAD (=6.7). But associated *type synonyms* do not, I'm afraid. We are actively working on it, but it'll be a couple of months at least I guess. You can see the state of play, and description of where we are up to here http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/TypeFunctions Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: haskell-cafe-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:haskell-cafe-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of Maxime | Henrion | Sent: 17 April 2007 13:27 | To: apfelmus | Cc: haskell-cafe@haskell.org | Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: GHC 6.7 and Associated Types | | apfelmus wrote: | > Maxime Henrion wrote: | > > apfelmus wrote: | > >> Maxime Henrion wrote: | > >>> class MonadState m where | > >>> type StateType m :: * | > >>> get :: m StateType | > >>> put :: m StateType -> m () | > >>> | > >>> As for instances: | > >>> | > >>> instance MonadState (State s) where | > >>> type StateType = s -- this is line 22 | > >> When defining the type function StateType, you have to give it the | > >> required argument m = State s: | > >> | > >> type StateType (State s) = s | > >> | > >>> get = State $ \s -> (s, s) | > >>> put s = State $ \_ -> ((), s) | > > | > > I tried that too already, it gives: | > > | > > State.hs:19:39: | > > Kind mis-match | > > Expected kind `k -> *', but `()' has kind `*' | > > In the type `m ()' | > > In the type `m StateType -> m ()' | > > In the class declaration for `MonadState' | > | > Ah, oh, I didn't even check whether the types in the class are good. I'm | > not sure, but don't you want | > | > class MonadState m where | > type StateType m :: * | > get :: m (StateType m) | > put :: StateType m -> m () | > | > ? Then, the substitutions m = State s and StateType (State s) = s yields | > the expected types for put and get: | > | > get :: (State s) s | > put :: s -> (State s) () | | Ah, I tried something like that too, and then I get errors in the | definition of the instance : | | State.hs:23:19: | Couldn't match expected type `StateType (State s)' | against inferred type `s' (a rigid variable) | `s' is bound by the instance declaration at State.hs:21:27 | Expected type: State s (StateType (State s)) | Inferred type: State s s | In the expression: State $ (\ s -> (s, s)) | In the definition of `get': get = State $ (\ s -> (s, s)) | | State.hs:24:19: | Couldn't match expected type `s' (a rigid variable) | against inferred type `StateType (State s)' | `s' is bound by the instance declaration at State.hs:21:27 | Expected type: State s () | Inferred type: State (StateType (State s)) () | In the expression: State $ (\ _ -> ((), s)) | In the definition of `put': put s = State $ (\ _ -> ((), s)) | | I would expect GHC to see that 'State s (StateType (State s))' is the | same as 'State s s', per the definition of StateType. I'm not sure how | to express get differently so that it matches, and similarly for put. | | If I write: | | get = State $ \s -> (StateType (State s), s) | | I get: | | State.hs:23:34: Not in scope: data constructor `StateType' | | Thanks, | Maxime | _______________________________________________ | Haskell-Cafe mailing list | Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe