<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I have posted the new proposal, at <a href="https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/148" class="">https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/148</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I've also updated #99 to clarify where the new syntax is allowed.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For Iavor's examples: </div><div class=""><div><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class="">data T1 a = C1 a</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>type T1 :: Type -> Type</div><div>C1 :: forall a. a -> T1 a</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class="">data T2 (a :: k) = C2 { f2 :: Proxy a }</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>type T2 :: forall k. k -> Type</div><div>C2 :: forall k (a :: k). Proxy a -> T2 a</div><div>f2 :: forall k (a :: k). T2 a -> Proxy a</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class="">data T3 a where C3 :: forall k (a::k). Proxy a -> T3 a</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>type T3 :: forall {k}. k -> Type</div><div>C3 :: forall k (a :: k). Proxy a -> T3 a</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class="">data T4 a where C4 :: forall {k} (a::k). Proxy a -> T3 a</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>type T4 :: forall {k}. k -> Type</div><div>C4 :: forall {k} (a :: k). Proxy a -> T3 a</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class="">data T5 k a where C5 :: forall k (a::k). Proxy a -> T5 k a</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>Rejected, as k is used dependently but is not lexically dependent. (This is no change.) It we have</div><div><br class=""></div><div>> data T5 k (a :: k) where C5 :: forall k (a :: k). Proxy a -> T5 k a</div><div><br class=""></div><div>we would get</div><div><br class=""></div><div>type T5 :: forall k -> k -> Type</div><div>C5 :: forall k (a :: k). Proxy a -> T5 k a</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class="">data T6 k a where C6 :: forall {k} (a::k). Proxy a -> T6 k a</div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rejected, like T6. If we revise to:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">> data T6 k (a :: k) where C6 :: forall {k} (a::k). Proxy a -> T6 k a</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">we get</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">type T6 :: forall k -> k -> Type</div><div class="">C6 :: forall {k} (a::k). Proxy a -> T6 k a</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I've updated the proposal itself to include these examples.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Does this help to clarify?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Richard</div></div></div></div></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 25, 2018, at 1:56 PM, Iavor Diatchki <<a href="mailto:iavor.diatchki@gmail.com" class="">iavor.diatchki@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hello,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">well, I thought that Richard was going to write a new proposal based on the feedback here, but it sounds like he is planning to revise #99, and then write a separate new one. I guess we should discuss the proposal again once the changes are in. I would encourage Richard to add some text and examples to clarify exactly what's in the proposal and what's not, and how things are supposed to work. Here are some examples, for which it would be illuminating (to me) to see the types/kinds of all names introduced.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">data T1 a = C1 a</div><div class="">data T2 (a :: k) = C2 { f2 :: Proxy a }</div><div class="">data T3 a where C3 :: forall k (a::k). Proxy a -> T3 a</div><div class="">data T4 a where C4 :: forall {k} (a::k). Proxy a -> T3 a</div><div class="">data T5 k a where C5 :: forall k (a::k). Proxy a -> T5 k a</div><div class="">data T6 k a where C6 :: forall {k} (a::k). Proxy a -> T6 k a</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-Iavor</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 2:02 AM Simon Peyton Jones <<a href="mailto:simonpj@microsoft.com" target="_blank" class="">simonpj@microsoft.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="m_-4749116994332586989m_463251841758833202WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class="">I’m keen to get #99 into GHC in some form.
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For typeRep1 GHC infers the signature shown for typeRep3; but we can’t write it down.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div></div><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple" class=""><div class="m_-4749116994332586989m_463251841758833202WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">based on the discussion so far, it seems that #99 in its current form might not be exactly what we want<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p>
</div></div><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple" class=""><div class="m_-4749116994332586989m_463251841758833202WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class="">Can you summarise the reasons it might not be exactly what we want?<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class="">Simon<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p>
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<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" class=""> ghc-steering-committee <<a href="mailto:ghc-steering-committee-bounces@haskell.org" target="_blank" class="">ghc-steering-committee-bounces@haskell.org</a>>
<b class="">On Behalf Of </b>Richard Eisenberg<br class="">
<b class="">Sent:</b> 24 May 2018 21:17<br class="">
<b class="">To:</b> Iavor Diatchki <<a href="mailto:iavor.diatchki@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">iavor.diatchki@gmail.com</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org" target="_blank" class="">ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org</a>; Joachim Breitner <<a href="mailto:mail@joachim-breitner.de" target="_blank" class="">mail@joachim-breitner.de</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Subject:</b> Re: [ghc-steering-committee] Discussion on proposal #99: forall {k}<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p>
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</div></div></div></div><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple" class=""><div class="m_-4749116994332586989m_463251841758833202WordSection1"><div style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I do plan on turning Joachim's recent suggestion into a separate proposal, and then to modify #99. But the modification would remove only the bit about classes, not the feature overall. I don't have time to do this now, though -- will do
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 8:48 PM Joachim Breitner <<a href="mailto:mail@joachim-breitner.de" target="_blank" class="">mail@joachim-breitner.de</a>> wrote:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p>
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Am Mittwoch, den 02.05.2018, 16:10 -0400 schrieb Richard Eisenberg:<br class="">
> Joachim, you are always a fount of interesting ideas.<br class="">
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> > On May 2, 2018, at 2:51 PM, Joachim Breitner <mail@joachim-breitner<br class="">
> > .de> wrote:<br class="">
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> > class C k (a : k) where meth :: a<br class="">
> > meth :: forall {k} a. C k a -> k -> Constraint<br class="">
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> I think this is brilliant. But not only for this proposal! Imagine<br class="">
> this:<br class="">
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> class Num a where<br class="">
> fromInteger :: Integer -> a<br class="">
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> fromInteger :: Integer -> forall a. Num a => a<br class="">
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> If we do that, then #129 is essentially solved, at no further cost to<br class="">
> anyone. (Note that in all Haskell98-style code, no one will ever be<br class="">
> able to notice the changed type of fromInteger.)<br class="">
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> This approach also allows for the possibility of reordering<br class="">
> quantified type variables for Haskell98-style constructors, if anyone<br class="">
> should want to do it.<br class="">
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> And it allows for updated types (including quantified variable<br class="">
> ordering, etc.) for record selectors.<br class="">
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> And it allows (maybe?) for giving good types to GADT record<br class="">
> selectors:<br class="">
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> data X a where<br class="">
> Foo :: { bar :: Int } -> X Int<br class="">
> Quux :: { bar :: Bool } -> X Bool<br class="">
> bar :: X a -> a<br class="">
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> GHC currently rejects the declaration for X, but it could be accepted<br class="">
> if only we could specify the correct type of bar. And now we can. I<br class="">
> don't particularly want to cook up the typing rules here, but I don't<br class="">
> think I'm totally crazy.<br class="">
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> GADT record selectors aside, the rule for these could be that the<br class="">
> top-level type signature must be equivalent w.r.t. the subtype<br class="">
> relation with the original type signature. That is, if the new<br class="">
> signature is t1 and the old was t2, then t1 <: t2 and t2 <: t1. Easy<br class="">
> enough to check for. The implementation would probably do a little<br class="">
> worker/wrapper stunt.<br class="">
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I smell a new proposal… what does this mean for #99? Will you want to<br class="">
revise it?<br class="">
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Cheers,<br class="">
Joachim<br class="">
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