Re: [GHC] #12102: “Constraints in kinds” illegal family application in instance (+ documentation issues?)

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Thu May 4 13:21:57 UTC 2017


#12102: “Constraints in kinds” illegal family application in instance (+
documentation issues?)
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        Reporter:  Iceland_jack      |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.0.1
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  TypeInType
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
                                     |  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):
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Comment (by simonpj):

 I'm still lost.  Even if they are wanteds, that still means we are going
 to get term-level variables appearing in types, at the occurrences of `T`.

 If you say we can get rid of them, let's get rid of them.  Aasp!

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