<div dir="ltr">That looks like someone had a search-and-replace error.<div><br></div><div>It used to be that the kind of normal values was *. Type level math made this problematic; by default, in recent ghc that kind is called Type instead. (See the StarIsType LANGUAGE pragma.)</div><div><br></div><div>So someone did a search and replace to fix the kinds, and changed what should have been a type level multiplication by accident. Change it to a*.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 7:09 PM Amy de Buitléir <<a href="mailto:amy@nualeargais.ie">amy@nualeargais.ie</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">
<p>I'm reading "Thinking with Types" by Sandy Maguire, and there's a bit of code on p. 27 that I don't understand and can't get to work. The "Type 3" seems to have the effect of multiplying by 3.</p>
<p>> :set -XDataKinds<br>> :set -XTypeOperators<br>> :kind! (1 + 17) Type 3</p>
<p>(1 + 17) Type 3 :: Nat<br>= 54</p>
<p>But it doesn't work for me. When I try this, I get...</p>
<p>$ ghci --version<br>The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 8.2.2</p>
<p>$ ghci</p>
<p>λ> :set -XDataKinds<br>λ> :set -XTypeOperators<br>λ> :kind! (1 + 17) Type 3<br><br><interactive>:1:2: error:<br> Not in scope: type constructor or class ‘+’<br><br><interactive>:1:10: error:<br> Not in scope: type constructor or class ‘Type’</p>
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Only members subscribed via the mailman list are allowed to post.</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>brandon s allbery kf8nh</div><div><a href="mailto:allbery.b@gmail.com" target="_blank">allbery.b@gmail.com</a></div></div></div></div></div>