Re: [GHC] #13595: Should ‘coerce’ be levity polymorphic?

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Mon Aug 21 14:17:35 UTC 2017


#13595: Should ‘coerce’ be levity polymorphic?
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        Reporter:  Iceland_jack      |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.0.1
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
                                     |  LevityPolymorphism
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
                                     |  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:  #13592            |  Differential Rev(s):
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Comment (by andrewthad):

 Another use-case I just stumbled across is the coercion of unboxed tuple
 types:

 {{{
 coerceTuple :: (# a, (# b, c #) #) -> (# a, b, c #)
 coerceTuple = coerce
 }}}

 This does not currently work, but it would be nice if it did.

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