[GHC] #14592: Totality checking

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Tue Dec 26 22:21:35 UTC 2017


#14592: Totality checking
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        Reporter:  varosi            |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.2.1
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Comment (by varosi):

 Totality checking ability is in close importance as stronger typing in my
 opinion. Idris as I know could guarantee totality only in certain types of
 functions, not all types functions. So similar path could be used by
 Haskell and widening it with next versions.

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