<div dir="ltr">I don't remember the details, but I assume that -XRequiredTypeArguments is essentially useless without this sort of patterns, isn't it? Plus this is the only occurrence of -XScopedTypeVariables in the text (well, there's one just below, but it's about what -XScopedTypeVariables *doesn't* do). It sounds like the right choice.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 at 21:54, Adam Gundry <<a href="mailto:adam@well-typed.com">adam@well-typed.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Agreed, we shouldn't require ScopedTypeVariables here.<br>
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Adam<br>
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On 25/08/2023 20:32, Richard Eisenberg wrote:<br>
> Yes -- I'm in support.<br>
> <br>
>> On Aug 25, 2023, at 12:12 PM, Simon Peyton Jones <br>
>> <<a href="mailto:simon.peytonjones@gmail.com" target="_blank">simon.peytonjones@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:simon.peytonjones@gmail.com" target="_blank">simon.peytonjones@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I support this.<br>
>><br>
>> Simon<br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 at 15:39, Joachim Breitner <br>
>> <<a href="mailto:mail@joachim-breitner.de" target="_blank">mail@joachim-breitner.de</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mail@joachim-breitner.de" target="_blank">mail@joachim-breitner.de</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>     Dear committee,<br>
>><br>
>>     Vladislav Zavialov in<br>
>>     <a href="https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/605" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/605</a><br>
>>     <<a href="https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/605" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/605</a>><br>
>>     proposes a small fix to #281, namely that for<br>
>><br>
>>        f :: forall x -> Show x => x -> String<br>
>>        f (type t) = show @t<br>
>><br>
>>     to work, ExplicitNamespaces and RequiredTypeArguments is sufficient,<br>
>>     and we should not also require ScopedTypeVariables, which we are<br>
>>     moving<br>
>>     away from.<br>
>><br>
>>     I’ll shepherd this myself, and I suggest acceptance.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>>     Cheers,<br>
>>     Joachim<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>>     -- <br>
>>     Joachim Breitner<br>
>>     <a href="mailto:mail@joachim-breitner.de" target="_blank">mail@joachim-breitner.de</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mail@joachim-breitner.de" target="_blank">mail@joachim-breitner.de</a>><br>
>>     <a href="http://www.joachim-breitner.de/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.joachim-breitner.de/</a> <<a href="http://www.joachim-breitner.de/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.joachim-breitner.de/</a>><br>
>><br>
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