[Git][ghc/ghc][master] Merge tc_infer_hs_type and tc_hs_type into one function using ExpType philosophy (#24299, #23639)

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Commits:
a1c18c7b by Andrei Borzenkov at 2024-04-02T12:51:11-04:00
Merge tc_infer_hs_type and tc_hs_type into one function using ExpType philosophy (#24299, #23639)

This patch implements refactoring which is a prerequisite to
updating kind checking of type patterns. This is a huge simplification
of the main worker that checks kind of HsType.

It also fixes the issues caused by previous code duplication, e.g.
that we didn't add module finalizers from splices in inference mode.

- - - - -


11 changed files:

- compiler/GHC/Rename/Splice.hs
- compiler/GHC/Tc/Gen/Bind.hs
- compiler/GHC/Tc/Gen/HsType.hs
- compiler/GHC/Tc/TyCl.hs
- compiler/GHC/Tc/Utils/TcType.hs
- compiler/GHC/Tc/Utils/Unify.hs
- compiler/Language/Haskell/Syntax/Type.hs
- testsuite/tests/partial-sigs/should_run/GHCiWildcardKind.stdout
- + testsuite/tests/th/T24299.hs
- + testsuite/tests/th/T24299.stderr
- testsuite/tests/th/all.T


Changes:

=====================================
compiler/GHC/Rename/Splice.hs
=====================================
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ References:
 [2] 'rnSpliceExpr'
 [3] 'GHC.Tc.Gen.Splice.qAddModFinalizer'
 [4] 'GHC.Tc.Gen.Expr.tcExpr' ('HsSpliceE' ('HsSpliced' ...))
-[5] 'GHC.Tc.Gen.HsType.tc_hs_type' ('HsSpliceTy' ('HsSpliced' ...))
+[5] 'GHC.Tc.Gen.HsType.tcHsType' ('HsSpliceTy' ('HsSpliced' ...))
 [6] 'GHC.Tc.Gen.Pat.tc_pat' ('SplicePat' ('HsSpliced' ...))
 
 -}


=====================================
compiler/GHC/Tc/Gen/Bind.hs
=====================================
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ tcRhs (TcPatBind infos pat' mult mult_ann grhss pat_ty)
 -- is generated so that multiplicity can be inferred.
 tcMultAnn :: HsMultAnn GhcRn -> TcM Mult
 tcMultAnn (HsPct1Ann _) = return oneDataConTy
-tcMultAnn (HsMultAnn _ p) = tcCheckLHsType p (TheKind multiplicityTy)
+tcMultAnn (HsMultAnn _ p) = tcCheckLHsTypeInContext p (TheKind multiplicityTy)
 tcMultAnn (HsNoMultAnn _) = newFlexiTyVarTy multiplicityTy
 
 tcExtendTyVarEnvForRhs :: Maybe TcIdSigInst -> TcM a -> TcM a


=====================================
compiler/GHC/Tc/Gen/HsType.hs
=====================================
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ module GHC.Tc.Gen.HsType (
         tcHsLiftedType,   tcHsOpenType,
         tcHsLiftedTypeNC, tcHsOpenTypeNC,
         tcInferLHsType, tcInferLHsTypeKind, tcInferLHsTypeUnsaturated,
-        tcCheckLHsType,
+        tcCheckLHsTypeInContext,
         tcHsContext, tcLHsPredType,
 
         kindGeneralizeAll,
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ kcClassSigType names
     sig_ty@(L _ (HsSig { sig_bndrs = hs_outer_bndrs, sig_body = hs_ty }))
   = addSigCtxt (funsSigCtxt names) sig_ty $
     do { _ <- bindOuterSigTKBndrs_Tv hs_outer_bndrs    $
-              tcLHsType hs_ty liftedTypeKind
+              tcCheckLHsType hs_ty liftedTypeKind
        ; return () }
 
 tcClassSigType :: [LocatedN Name] -> LHsSigType GhcRn -> TcM Type
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ tc_lhs_sig_type skol_info full_hs_ty@(L loc (HsSig { sig_bndrs = hs_outer_bndrs
                  do { exp_kind <- newExpectedKind ctxt_kind
                           -- See Note [Escaping kind in type signatures]
                     ; stuff <- tcOuterTKBndrs skol_info hs_outer_bndrs $
-                               tcLHsType hs_ty exp_kind
+                               tcCheckLHsType hs_ty exp_kind
                     ; return (exp_kind, stuff) }
 
        -- Default any unconstrained variables free in the kind
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ tc_top_lhs_type tyki ctxt (L loc sig_ty@(HsSig { sig_bndrs = hs_outer_bndrs
               <- pushLevelAndSolveEqualitiesX "tc_top_lhs_type"    $
                  tcOuterTKBndrs skol_info hs_outer_bndrs $
                  do { kind <- newExpectedKind (expectedKindInCtxt ctxt)
-                    ; tc_lhs_type (mkMode tyki) body kind }
+                    ; tc_check_lhs_type (mkMode tyki) body kind }
 
        ; outer_bndrs <- scopedSortOuter outer_bndrs
        ; let outer_tv_bndrs = outerTyVarBndrs outer_bndrs
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ tcHsTypeApp wc_ty kind
                -- We are looking at a user-written type, very like a
                -- signature so we want to solve its equalities right now
                bindNamedWildCardBinders sig_wcs $ \ _ ->
-               tc_lhs_type mode hs_ty kind
+               tc_check_lhs_type mode hs_ty kind
 
        -- We do not kind-generalize type applications: we just
        -- instantiate with exactly what the user says.
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ tcHsTypeApp wc_ty kind
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 A HsWildCardBndrs's hswc_ext now only includes /named/ wildcards, so
 any unnamed wildcards stay unchanged in hswc_body.  When called in
-tcHsTypeApp, tcCheckLHsType will call emitAnonTypeHole
+tcHsTypeApp, tcCheckLHsTypeInContext will call emitAnonTypeHole
 on these anonymous wildcards. However, this would trigger
 error/warning when an anonymous wildcard is passed in as a visible type
 argument, which we do not want because users should be able to write
@@ -790,10 +790,10 @@ We work this out in a hacky way, by looking at the expected kind:
 see Note [Inferring tuple kinds].
 
 In this case, we kind-check the RHS using the kind gotten from the LHS:
-see the call to tcCheckLHsType in tcTyFamInstEqnGuts in GHC.Tc.Tycl.
+see the call to tcCheckLHsTypeInContext in tcTyFamInstEqnGuts in GHC.Tc.Tycl.
 
 But we want the kind from the LHS to be /zonked/, so that when
-kind-checking the RHS (tcCheckLHsType) we can "see" what we learned
+kind-checking the RHS (tcCheckLHsTypeInContext) we can "see" what we learned
 from kind-checking the LHS (tcFamTyPats).  In our example above, the
 type of the LHS is just `kappa` (by instantiating the forall k), but
 then we learn (from x::Constraint) that kappa ~ Constraint.  We want
@@ -821,15 +821,15 @@ tcHsOpenType, tcHsLiftedType,
 tcHsOpenType   hs_ty = addTypeCtxt hs_ty $ tcHsOpenTypeNC hs_ty
 tcHsLiftedType hs_ty = addTypeCtxt hs_ty $ tcHsLiftedTypeNC hs_ty
 
-tcHsOpenTypeNC   hs_ty = do { ek <- newOpenTypeKind; tcLHsType hs_ty ek }
-tcHsLiftedTypeNC hs_ty = tcLHsType hs_ty liftedTypeKind
+tcHsOpenTypeNC   hs_ty = do { ek <- newOpenTypeKind; tcCheckLHsType hs_ty ek }
+tcHsLiftedTypeNC hs_ty = tcCheckLHsType hs_ty liftedTypeKind
 
--- Like tcHsType, but takes an expected kind
-tcCheckLHsType :: LHsType GhcRn -> ContextKind -> TcM TcType
-tcCheckLHsType hs_ty exp_kind
+-- Like tcCheckLHsType, but takes an expected kind
+tcCheckLHsTypeInContext :: LHsType GhcRn -> ContextKind -> TcM TcType
+tcCheckLHsTypeInContext hs_ty exp_kind
   = addTypeCtxt hs_ty $
     do { ek <- newExpectedKind exp_kind
-       ; tcLHsType hs_ty ek }
+       ; tcCheckLHsType hs_ty ek }
 
 tcInferLHsType :: LHsType GhcRn -> TcM TcType
 tcInferLHsType hs_ty
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ tcInferLHsTypeUnsaturated :: LHsType GhcRn -> TcM (TcType, TcKind)
 tcInferLHsTypeUnsaturated hs_ty
   = addTypeCtxt hs_ty $
     do { mode <- mkHoleMode TypeLevel HM_Sig  -- Allow and report holes
-       ; case splitHsAppTys (unLoc hs_ty) of
+       ; case splitHsAppTys_maybe (unLoc hs_ty) of
            Just (hs_fun_ty, hs_args)
               -> do { (fun_ty, _ki) <- tcInferTyAppHead mode hs_fun_ty
                     ; tcInferTyApps_nosat mode hs_fun_ty fun_ty hs_args }
@@ -890,12 +890,18 @@ Terms are eagerly instantiated. This means that if you say
   x = id
 
 then `id` gets instantiated to have type alpha -> alpha. The variable
-alpha is then unconstrained and regeneralized. But we cannot do this
-in types, as we have no type-level lambda. So, when we are sure
-that we will not want to regeneralize later -- because we are done
-checking a type, for example -- we can instantiate. But we do not
-instantiate at variables, nor do we in tcInferLHsTypeUnsaturated,
-which is used by :kind in GHCi.
+alpha is then unconstrained and regeneralized. So we may well end up with
+  x = /\x. id @a
+But we cannot do this in types, as we have no type-level lambda.
+
+So, we must be careful only to instantiate at the last possible moment, when
+we're sure we're never going to want the lost polymorphism again. This is done
+in calls to `tcInstInvisibleTyBinders`; a particular case in point is in
+`checkExpectedKind`.
+
+Otherwise, we are careful /not/ to instantiate.  For example:
+* at a variable  in `tcTyVar`
+* in `tcInferLHsTypeUnsaturated`, which is used by :kind in GHCi.
 
 ************************************************************************
 *                                                                      *
@@ -969,48 +975,18 @@ instance Outputable TcTyMode where
 {-
 Note [Bidirectional type checking]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-In expressions, whenever we see a polymorphic identifier, say `id`, we are
-free to instantiate it with metavariables, knowing that we can always
-re-generalize with type-lambdas when necessary. For example:
-
-  rank2 :: (forall a. a -> a) -> ()
-  x = rank2 id
-
-When checking the body of `x`, we can instantiate `id` with a metavariable.
-Then, when we're checking the application of `rank2`, we notice that we really
-need a polymorphic `id`, and then re-generalize over the unconstrained
-metavariable.
-
-In types, however, we're not so lucky, because *we cannot re-generalize*!
-There is no lambda. So, we must be careful only to instantiate at the last
-possible moment, when we're sure we're never going to want the lost polymorphism
-again. This is done in calls to tcInstInvisibleTyBinders.
-
-To implement this behavior, we use bidirectional type checking, where we
-explicitly think about whether we know the kind of the type we're checking
-or not. Note that there is a difference between not knowing a kind and
-knowing a metavariable kind: the metavariables are TauTvs, and cannot become
-forall-quantified kinds. Previously (before dependent types), there were
-no higher-rank kinds, and so we could instantiate early and be sure that
-no types would have polymorphic kinds, and so we could always assume that
-the kind of a type was a fresh metavariable. Not so anymore, thus the
-need for two algorithms.
-
-For HsType forms that can never be kind-polymorphic, we implement only the
-"down" direction, where we safely assume a metavariable kind. For HsType forms
-that *can* be kind-polymorphic, we implement just the "up" (functions with
-"infer" in their name) version, as we gain nothing by also implementing the
-"down" version.
-
-Note [Future-proofing the type checker]
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-As discussed in Note [Bidirectional type checking], each HsType form is
-handled in *either* tc_infer_hs_type *or* tc_hs_type. These functions
-are mutually recursive, so that either one can work for any type former.
-But, we want to make sure that our pattern-matches are complete. So,
-we have a bunch of repetitive code just so that we get warnings if we're
-missing any patterns.
+In types, as in terms, we use bidirectional type infefence.  The main workhorse
+function looks like this:
 
+    type ExpKind = ExpType
+    data ExpType = Check TcSigmaKind | Infer ...(hole TcRhoType)...
+
+    tcHsType :: TcTyMode -> HsType GhcRn -> ExpKind -> TcM TcType
+
+* When the `ExpKind` argument is (Check ki), we /check/ that the type has
+  kind `ki`
+* When the `ExpKind` argument is (Infer hole), we /infer/ the kind of the
+  type, and fill the hole with that kind
 -}
 
 ------------------------------------------
@@ -1022,74 +998,13 @@ tc_infer_lhs_type mode (L span ty)
   = setSrcSpanA span $
     tc_infer_hs_type mode ty
 
----------------------------
--- | Call 'tc_infer_hs_type' and check its result against an expected kind.
-tc_infer_hs_type_ek :: HasDebugCallStack => TcTyMode -> HsType GhcRn -> TcKind -> TcM TcType
-tc_infer_hs_type_ek mode hs_ty ek
-  = do { (ty, k) <- tc_infer_hs_type mode hs_ty
-       ; checkExpectedKind hs_ty ty k ek }
-
 ---------------------------
 -- | Infer the kind of a type and desugar. This is the "up" type-checker,
 -- as described in Note [Bidirectional type checking]
 tc_infer_hs_type :: TcTyMode -> HsType GhcRn -> TcM (TcType, TcKind)
 
-tc_infer_hs_type mode (HsParTy _ t)
-  = tc_infer_lhs_type mode t
-
-tc_infer_hs_type mode ty
-  | Just (hs_fun_ty, hs_args) <- splitHsAppTys ty
-  = do { (fun_ty, _ki) <- tcInferTyAppHead mode hs_fun_ty
-       ; tcInferTyApps mode hs_fun_ty fun_ty hs_args }
-
-tc_infer_hs_type mode (HsKindSig _ ty sig)
-  = do { let mode' = mode { mode_tyki = KindLevel }
-       ; sig' <- tc_lhs_kind_sig mode' KindSigCtxt sig
-                 -- We must typecheck the kind signature, and solve all
-                 -- its equalities etc; from this point on we may do
-                 -- things like instantiate its foralls, so it needs
-                 -- to be fully determined (#14904)
-       ; traceTc "tc_infer_hs_type:sig" (ppr ty $$ ppr sig')
-       ; ty' <- tcAddKindSigPlaceholders sig $
-                tc_lhs_type mode ty sig'
-       ; return (ty', sig') }
-
--- HsSpliced is an annotation produced by 'GHC.Rename.Splice.rnSpliceType' to communicate
--- the splice location to the typechecker. Here we skip over it in order to have
--- the same kind inferred for a given expression whether it was produced from
--- splices or not.
---
--- See Note [Delaying modFinalizers in untyped splices].
-tc_infer_hs_type mode (HsSpliceTy (HsUntypedSpliceTop _ ty) _)
-  = tc_infer_lhs_type mode ty
-
-tc_infer_hs_type _ (HsSpliceTy (HsUntypedSpliceNested n) s) = pprPanic "tc_infer_hs_type: invalid nested splice" (pprUntypedSplice True (Just n) s)
-
-tc_infer_hs_type mode (HsDocTy _ ty _) = tc_infer_lhs_type mode ty
-
--- See Note [Typechecking HsCoreTys]
-tc_infer_hs_type _ (XHsType ty)
-  = do env <- getLclEnv
-       -- Raw uniques since we go from NameEnv to TvSubstEnv.
-       let subst_prs :: [(Unique, TcTyVar)]
-           subst_prs = [ (getUnique nm, tv)
-                       | ATyVar nm tv <- nonDetNameEnvElts (getLclEnvTypeEnv env) ]
-           subst = mkTvSubst
-                     (mkInScopeSetList $ map snd subst_prs)
-                     (listToUFM_Directly $ map (fmap mkTyVarTy) subst_prs)
-           ty' = substTy subst ty
-       return (ty', typeKind ty')
-
-tc_infer_hs_type _ (HsExplicitListTy _ _ tys)
-  | null tys  -- this is so that we can use visible kind application with '[]
-              -- e.g ... '[] @Bool
-  = return (mkTyConTy promotedNilDataCon,
-            mkSpecForAllTys [alphaTyVar] $ mkListTy alphaTy)
-
-tc_infer_hs_type mode other_ty
-  = do { kv <- newMetaKindVar
-       ; ty' <- tc_hs_type mode other_ty kv
-       ; return (ty', kv) }
+tc_infer_hs_type mode rn_ty
+  = tcInfer $ \exp_kind -> tcHsType mode rn_ty exp_kind
 
 {-
 Note [Typechecking HsCoreTys]
@@ -1133,26 +1048,36 @@ substitution to each HsCoreTy and all is well:
 -}
 
 ------------------------------------------
-tcLHsType :: LHsType GhcRn -> TcKind -> TcM TcType
-tcLHsType hs_ty exp_kind
-  = tc_lhs_type typeLevelMode hs_ty exp_kind
+tcCheckLHsType :: LHsType GhcRn -> TcKind -> TcM TcType
+tcCheckLHsType hs_ty exp_kind
+  = tc_check_lhs_type typeLevelMode hs_ty exp_kind
+
+tc_check_lhs_type :: TcTyMode -> LHsType GhcRn -> TcKind -> TcM TcType
+tc_check_lhs_type mode (L span ty) exp_kind
+  = setSrcSpanA span $
+    tc_check_hs_type mode ty exp_kind
 
-tc_lhs_type :: TcTyMode -> LHsType GhcRn -> TcKind -> TcM TcType
-tc_lhs_type mode (L span ty) exp_kind
+tc_check_hs_type :: TcTyMode -> HsType GhcRn -> TcKind -> TcM TcType
+-- See Note [Bidirectional type checking]
+tc_check_hs_type mode ty ek = tcHsType mode ty (Check ek)
+
+tcLHsType :: TcTyMode -> LHsType GhcRn -> ExpKind -> TcM TcType
+tcLHsType mode (L span ty) exp_kind
   = setSrcSpanA span $
-    tc_hs_type mode ty exp_kind
+    tcHsType mode ty exp_kind
 
-tc_hs_type :: TcTyMode -> HsType GhcRn -> TcKind -> TcM TcType
+tcHsType :: TcTyMode -> HsType GhcRn -> ExpKind -> TcM TcType
+-- The main workhorse for type kind checking
 -- See Note [Bidirectional type checking]
 
-tc_hs_type mode (HsParTy _ ty)   exp_kind = tc_lhs_type mode ty exp_kind
-tc_hs_type mode (HsDocTy _ ty _) exp_kind = tc_lhs_type mode ty exp_kind
-tc_hs_type _ ty@(HsBangTy _ bang _) _
+tcHsType mode (HsParTy _ ty)   exp_kind = tcLHsType mode ty exp_kind
+tcHsType mode (HsDocTy _ ty _) exp_kind = tcLHsType mode ty exp_kind
+tcHsType _ ty@(HsBangTy _ bang _) _
     -- While top-level bangs at this point are eliminated (eg !(Maybe Int)),
     -- other kinds of bangs are not (eg ((!Maybe) Int)). These kinds of
     -- bangs are invalid, so fail. (#7210, #14761)
     = failWith $ TcRnUnexpectedAnnotation ty bang
-tc_hs_type _ ty@(HsRecTy {})      _
+tcHsType _ ty@(HsRecTy {})      _
       -- Record types (which only show up temporarily in constructor
       -- signatures) should have been removed by now
     = failWithTc $ TcRnIllegalRecordSyntax (Right ty)
@@ -1162,23 +1087,23 @@ tc_hs_type _ ty@(HsRecTy {})      _
 -- while capturing the local environment.
 --
 -- See Note [Delaying modFinalizers in untyped splices].
-tc_hs_type mode (HsSpliceTy (HsUntypedSpliceTop mod_finalizers ty) _)
+tcHsType mode (HsSpliceTy (HsUntypedSpliceTop mod_finalizers ty) _)
            exp_kind
   = do addModFinalizersWithLclEnv mod_finalizers
-       tc_lhs_type mode ty exp_kind
+       tcLHsType mode ty exp_kind
 
-tc_hs_type _ (HsSpliceTy (HsUntypedSpliceNested n) s) _ = pprPanic "tc_hs_type: invalid nested splice" (pprUntypedSplice True (Just n) s)
+tcHsType _ (HsSpliceTy (HsUntypedSpliceNested n) s) _ = pprPanic "tcHsType: invalid nested splice" (pprUntypedSplice True (Just n) s)
 
 ---------- Functions and applications
-tc_hs_type mode (HsFunTy _ mult ty1 ty2) exp_kind
+tcHsType mode (HsFunTy _ mult ty1 ty2) exp_kind
   = tc_fun_type mode mult ty1 ty2 exp_kind
 
-tc_hs_type mode (HsOpTy _ _ ty1 (L _ op) ty2) exp_kind
+tcHsType mode (HsOpTy _ _ ty1 (L _ op) ty2) exp_kind
   | op `hasKey` unrestrictedFunTyConKey
   = tc_fun_type mode (HsUnrestrictedArrow noExtField) ty1 ty2 exp_kind
 
 --------- Foralls
-tc_hs_type mode t@(HsForAllTy { hst_tele = tele, hst_body = ty }) exp_kind
+tcHsType mode t@(HsForAllTy { hst_tele = tele, hst_body = ty }) exp_kind
   | HsForAllInvis{} <- tele
   = tc_hs_forall_ty tele ty exp_kind
                  -- For an invisible forall, we allow the body to have
@@ -1187,15 +1112,15 @@ tc_hs_type mode t@(HsForAllTy { hst_tele = tele, hst_body = ty }) exp_kind
 
   | HsForAllVis{} <- tele
   = do { ek <- newOpenTypeKind
-       ; r <- tc_hs_forall_ty tele ty ek
-       ; checkExpectedKind t r ek exp_kind }
+       ; r <- tc_hs_forall_ty tele ty (Check ek)
+       ; checkExpKind t r ek exp_kind }
                  -- For a visible forall, we require that the body is of kind TYPE r.
                  -- See Note [Body kind of a HsForAllTy]
 
   where
     tc_hs_forall_ty tele ty ek
       = do { (tv_bndrs, ty') <- tcTKTelescope mode tele $
-                                tc_lhs_type mode ty ek
+                                tcLHsType mode ty ek
                  -- Pass on the mode from the type, to any wildcards
                  -- in kind signatures on the forall'd variables
                  -- e.g.      f :: _ -> Int -> forall (a :: _). blah
@@ -1203,145 +1128,196 @@ tc_hs_type mode t@(HsForAllTy { hst_tele = tele, hst_body = ty }) exp_kind
              -- Do not kind-generalise here!  See Note [Kind generalisation]
            ; return (mkForAllTys tv_bndrs ty') }
 
-tc_hs_type mode (HsQualTy { hst_ctxt = ctxt, hst_body = rn_ty }) exp_kind
+tcHsType mode (HsQualTy { hst_ctxt = ctxt, hst_body = rn_ty }) exp_kind
   | null (unLoc ctxt)
-  = tc_lhs_type mode rn_ty exp_kind
-
-  -- See Note [Body kind of a HsQualTy]
-  | isConstraintLikeKind exp_kind
+  = tcLHsType mode rn_ty exp_kind
+    -- See Note [Body kind of a HsQualTy]
+  | Check kind <- exp_kind, isConstraintLikeKind kind
   = do { ctxt' <- tc_hs_context mode ctxt
-       ; ty'   <- tc_lhs_type mode rn_ty constraintKind
-       ; return (tcMkDFunPhiTy ctxt' ty') }
+      ; ty'   <- tc_check_lhs_type mode rn_ty constraintKind
+      ; return (tcMkDFunPhiTy ctxt' ty') }
 
   | otherwise
   = do { ctxt' <- tc_hs_context mode ctxt
 
-       ; ek <- newOpenTypeKind  -- The body kind (result of the function) can
+      ; ek <- newOpenTypeKind  -- The body kind (result of the function) can
                                 -- be TYPE r, for any r, hence newOpenTypeKind
-       ; ty' <- tc_lhs_type mode rn_ty ek
-       ; checkExpectedKind (unLoc rn_ty) (tcMkPhiTy ctxt' ty')
-                           liftedTypeKind exp_kind }
+      ; ty' <- tc_check_lhs_type mode rn_ty ek
+      ; let res_ty = tcMkPhiTy ctxt' ty'
+      ; checkExpKind (unLoc rn_ty) res_ty
+                      liftedTypeKind exp_kind }
 
 --------- Lists, arrays, and tuples
-tc_hs_type mode rn_ty@(HsListTy _ elt_ty) exp_kind
-  = do { tau_ty <- tc_lhs_type mode elt_ty liftedTypeKind
+tcHsType mode rn_ty@(HsListTy _ elt_ty) exp_kind
+  = do { tau_ty <- tc_check_lhs_type mode elt_ty liftedTypeKind
        ; checkWiredInTyCon listTyCon
-       ; checkExpectedKind rn_ty (mkListTy tau_ty) liftedTypeKind exp_kind }
+       ; checkExpKind rn_ty (mkListTy tau_ty) liftedTypeKind exp_kind }
 
--- See Note [Distinguishing tuple kinds] in Language.Haskell.Syntax.Type
--- See Note [Inferring tuple kinds]
-tc_hs_type mode rn_ty@(HsTupleTy _ HsBoxedOrConstraintTuple hs_tys) exp_kind
-     -- (NB: not zonking before looking at exp_k, to avoid left-right bias)
-  | Just tup_sort <- tupKindSort_maybe exp_kind
-  = traceTc "tc_hs_type tuple" (ppr hs_tys) >>
-    tc_tuple rn_ty mode tup_sort hs_tys exp_kind
-  | otherwise
-  = do { traceTc "tc_hs_type tuple 2" (ppr hs_tys)
-       ; (tys, kinds) <- mapAndUnzipM (tc_infer_lhs_type mode) hs_tys
-       ; kinds <- liftZonkM $ mapM zonkTcType kinds
-           -- Infer each arg type separately, because errors can be
-           -- confusing if we give them a shared kind.  Eg #7410
-           -- (Either Int, Int), we do not want to get an error saying
-           -- "the second argument of a tuple should have kind *->*"
+tcHsType mode rn_ty@(HsTupleTy _ tup_sort tys) exp_kind
+  = do k <- expTypeToType exp_kind
+       tc_hs_tuple_ty rn_ty mode tup_sort tys k
 
-       ; let (arg_kind, tup_sort)
-               = case [ (k,s) | k <- kinds
-                              , Just s <- [tupKindSort_maybe k] ] of
-                    ((k,s) : _) -> (k,s)
-                    [] -> (liftedTypeKind, BoxedTuple)
-         -- In the [] case, it's not clear what the kind is, so guess *
-
-       ; tys' <- sequence [ setSrcSpanA loc $
-                            checkExpectedKind hs_ty ty kind arg_kind
-                          | ((L loc hs_ty),ty,kind) <- zip3 hs_tys tys kinds ]
-
-       ; finish_tuple rn_ty tup_sort tys' (map (const arg_kind) tys') exp_kind }
-
-
-tc_hs_type mode rn_ty@(HsTupleTy _ HsUnboxedTuple tys) exp_kind
-  = tc_tuple rn_ty mode UnboxedTuple tys exp_kind
-
-tc_hs_type mode rn_ty@(HsSumTy _ hs_tys) exp_kind
+tcHsType mode rn_ty@(HsSumTy _ hs_tys) exp_kind
   = do { let arity = length hs_tys
        ; arg_kinds <- mapM (\_ -> newOpenTypeKind) hs_tys
-       ; tau_tys   <- zipWithM (tc_lhs_type mode) hs_tys arg_kinds
+       ; tau_tys   <- zipWithM (tc_check_lhs_type mode) hs_tys arg_kinds
        ; let arg_reps = map kindRep arg_kinds
              arg_tys  = arg_reps ++ tau_tys
              sum_ty   = mkTyConApp (sumTyCon arity) arg_tys
              sum_kind = unboxedSumKind arg_reps
-       ; checkExpectedKind rn_ty sum_ty sum_kind exp_kind
+       ; checkExpKind rn_ty sum_ty sum_kind exp_kind
        }
 
 --------- Promoted lists and tuples
-tc_hs_type mode rn_ty@(HsExplicitListTy _ _ tys) exp_kind
-  -- The '[] case is handled in tc_infer_hs_type.
-  -- See Note [Future-proofing the type checker].
+tcHsType mode rn_ty@(HsExplicitListTy _ _ tys) exp_kind
+  -- See Note [Kind-checking explicit lists]
+
   | null tys
-  = tc_infer_hs_type_ek mode rn_ty exp_kind
+  = do let ty = mkTyConTy promotedNilDataCon
+       let kind = mkSpecForAllTys [alphaTyVar] $ mkListTy alphaTy
+       checkExpKind rn_ty ty kind exp_kind
 
   | otherwise
   = do { tks <- mapM (tc_infer_lhs_type mode) tys
        ; (taus', kind) <- unifyKinds tys tks
        ; let ty = (foldr (mk_cons kind) (mk_nil kind) taus')
-       ; checkExpectedKind rn_ty ty (mkListTy kind) exp_kind }
+       ; checkExpKind rn_ty ty (mkListTy kind) exp_kind }
   where
     mk_cons k a b = mkTyConApp (promoteDataCon consDataCon) [k, a, b]
     mk_nil  k     = mkTyConApp (promoteDataCon nilDataCon) [k]
 
-tc_hs_type mode rn_ty@(HsExplicitTupleTy _ tys) exp_kind
+tcHsType mode rn_ty@(HsExplicitTupleTy _ tys) exp_kind
   -- using newMetaKindVar means that we force instantiations of any polykinded
   -- types. At first, I just used tc_infer_lhs_type, but that led to #11255.
   = do { ks   <- replicateM arity newMetaKindVar
-       ; taus <- zipWithM (tc_lhs_type mode) tys ks
+       ; taus <- zipWithM (tc_check_lhs_type mode) tys ks
        ; let kind_con   = tupleTyCon           Boxed arity
              ty_con     = promotedTupleDataCon Boxed arity
              tup_k      = mkTyConApp kind_con ks
        ; checkTupSize arity
-       ; checkExpectedKind rn_ty (mkTyConApp ty_con (ks ++ taus)) tup_k exp_kind }
+       ; checkExpKind rn_ty (mkTyConApp ty_con (ks ++ taus)) tup_k exp_kind }
   where
     arity = length tys
 
 --------- Constraint types
-tc_hs_type mode rn_ty@(HsIParamTy _ (L _ n) ty) exp_kind
+tcHsType mode rn_ty@(HsIParamTy _ (L _ n) ty) exp_kind
   = do { massert (isTypeLevel (mode_tyki mode))
-       ; ty' <- tc_lhs_type mode ty liftedTypeKind
+       ; ty' <- tc_check_lhs_type mode ty liftedTypeKind
        ; let n' = mkStrLitTy $ hsIPNameFS n
        ; ipClass <- tcLookupClass ipClassName
-       ; checkExpectedKind rn_ty (mkClassPred ipClass [n',ty'])
+       ; checkExpKind rn_ty (mkClassPred ipClass [n',ty'])
                            constraintKind exp_kind }
 
-tc_hs_type _ rn_ty@(HsStarTy _ _) exp_kind
+tcHsType _ rn_ty@(HsStarTy _ _) exp_kind
   -- Desugaring 'HsStarTy' to 'Data.Kind.Type' here means that we don't
   -- have to handle it in 'coreView'
-  = checkExpectedKind rn_ty liftedTypeKind liftedTypeKind exp_kind
+  = checkExpKind rn_ty liftedTypeKind liftedTypeKind exp_kind
 
 --------- Literals
-tc_hs_type _ rn_ty@(HsTyLit _ (HsNumTy _ n)) exp_kind
+tcHsType _ rn_ty@(HsTyLit _ (HsNumTy _ n)) exp_kind
   = do { checkWiredInTyCon naturalTyCon
-       ; checkExpectedKind rn_ty (mkNumLitTy n) naturalTy exp_kind }
+       ; checkExpKind rn_ty (mkNumLitTy n) naturalTy exp_kind }
 
-tc_hs_type _ rn_ty@(HsTyLit _ (HsStrTy _ s)) exp_kind
+tcHsType _ rn_ty@(HsTyLit _ (HsStrTy _ s)) exp_kind
   = do { checkWiredInTyCon typeSymbolKindCon
-       ; checkExpectedKind rn_ty (mkStrLitTy s) typeSymbolKind exp_kind }
-tc_hs_type _ rn_ty@(HsTyLit _ (HsCharTy _ c)) exp_kind
+       ; checkExpKind rn_ty (mkStrLitTy s) typeSymbolKind exp_kind }
+tcHsType _ rn_ty@(HsTyLit _ (HsCharTy _ c)) exp_kind
   = do { checkWiredInTyCon charTyCon
-       ; checkExpectedKind rn_ty (mkCharLitTy c) charTy exp_kind }
+       ; checkExpKind rn_ty (mkCharLitTy c) charTy exp_kind }
 
 --------- Wildcards
 
-tc_hs_type mode ty@(HsWildCardTy _)        ek
-  = tcAnonWildCardOcc NoExtraConstraint mode ty ek
+tcHsType mode ty@(HsWildCardTy _) ek
+  = do k <- expTypeToType ek
+       tcAnonWildCardOcc NoExtraConstraint mode ty k
+
+--------- Type applications
+tcHsType mode rn_ty@(HsTyVar{})     exp_kind = tc_app_ty mode rn_ty exp_kind
+tcHsType mode rn_ty@(HsAppTy{})     exp_kind = tc_app_ty mode rn_ty exp_kind
+tcHsType mode rn_ty@(HsAppKindTy{}) exp_kind = tc_app_ty mode rn_ty exp_kind
+tcHsType mode rn_ty@(HsOpTy{})      exp_kind = tc_app_ty mode rn_ty exp_kind
+
+tcHsType mode rn_ty@(HsKindSig _ ty sig) exp_kind
+  = do { let mode' = mode { mode_tyki = KindLevel }
+       ; sig' <- tc_lhs_kind_sig mode' KindSigCtxt sig
+                 -- We must typecheck the kind signature, and solve all
+                 -- its equalities etc; from this point on we may do
+                 -- things like instantiate its foralls, so it needs
+                 -- to be fully determined (#14904)
+       ; traceTc "tcHsType:sig" (ppr ty $$ ppr sig')
+       ; ty' <- tcAddKindSigPlaceholders sig $
+                tc_check_lhs_type mode ty sig'
+       ; checkExpKind rn_ty ty' sig' exp_kind }
+
+-- See Note [Typechecking HsCoreTys]
+tcHsType _ rn_ty@(XHsType ty) exp_kind
+  = do env <- getLclEnv
+       -- Raw uniques since we go from NameEnv to TvSubstEnv.
+       let subst_prs :: [(Unique, TcTyVar)]
+           subst_prs = [ (getUnique nm, tv)
+                       | ATyVar nm tv <- nonDetNameEnvElts (getLclEnvTypeEnv env) ]
+           subst = mkTvSubst
+                     (mkInScopeSetList $ map snd subst_prs)
+                     (listToUFM_Directly $ map (fmap mkTyVarTy) subst_prs)
+           ty' = substTy subst ty
+       checkExpKind rn_ty ty' (typeKind ty') exp_kind
+
+tc_hs_tuple_ty :: HsType GhcRn
+               -> TcTyMode
+               -> HsTupleSort
+               -> [LHsType GhcRn]
+               -> TcKind
+               -> TcM TcType
+-- See Note [Distinguishing tuple kinds] in GHC.Hs.Type
+-- See Note [Inferring tuple kinds]
+tc_hs_tuple_ty rn_ty mode HsBoxedOrConstraintTuple hs_tys exp_kind
+     -- (NB: not zonking before looking at exp_k, to avoid left-right bias)
+  | Just tup_sort <- tupKindSort_maybe exp_kind
+  = traceTc "tcHsType tuple" (ppr hs_tys) >>
+    tc_tuple rn_ty mode tup_sort hs_tys exp_kind
+  | otherwise
+  = do { traceTc "tcHsType tuple 2" (ppr hs_tys)
+       ; (tys, kinds) <- mapAndUnzipM (tc_infer_lhs_type mode) hs_tys
+       ; kinds <- liftZonkM $ mapM zonkTcType kinds
+           -- Infer each arg type separately, because errors can be
+           -- confusing if we give them a shared kind.  Eg #7410
+           -- (Either Int, Int), we do not want to get an error saying
+           -- "the second argument of a tuple should have kind *->*"
+
+       ; let (arg_kind, tup_sort)
+               = case [ (k,s) | k <- kinds
+                              , Just s <- [tupKindSort_maybe k] ] of
+                    ((k,s) : _) -> (k,s)
+                    [] -> (liftedTypeKind, BoxedTuple)
+         -- In the [] case, it's not clear what the kind is, so guess *
 
---------- Potentially kind-polymorphic types: call the "up" checker
--- See Note [Future-proofing the type checker]
-tc_hs_type mode ty@(HsTyVar {})            ek = tc_infer_hs_type_ek mode ty ek
-tc_hs_type mode ty@(HsAppTy {})            ek = tc_infer_hs_type_ek mode ty ek
-tc_hs_type mode ty@(HsAppKindTy{})         ek = tc_infer_hs_type_ek mode ty ek
-tc_hs_type mode ty@(HsOpTy {})             ek = tc_infer_hs_type_ek mode ty ek
-tc_hs_type mode ty@(HsKindSig {})          ek = tc_infer_hs_type_ek mode ty ek
-tc_hs_type mode ty@(XHsType {})            ek = tc_infer_hs_type_ek mode ty ek
+       ; tys' <- sequence [ setSrcSpanA loc $
+                            checkExpectedKind hs_ty ty kind arg_kind
+                          | ((L loc hs_ty),ty,kind) <- zip3 hs_tys tys kinds ]
+
+       ; finish_tuple rn_ty tup_sort tys' (map (const arg_kind) tys') exp_kind }
+tc_hs_tuple_ty rn_ty mode HsUnboxedTuple tys exp_kind =
+    tc_tuple rn_ty mode UnboxedTuple tys exp_kind
 
 {-
+Note [Kind-checking explicit lists]
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+In a type, suppose we have an application (F [t1,t2]),
+where [t1,t2] is an explicit list, and
+   F :: [ki] -> blah
+
+Then we want to return the type
+   F ((:) @ki t2 ((:) @ki t2 ([] @ki)))
+where the argument list is instantiated to F's argument kind `ki`.
+
+But what about (G []), where
+   G :: (forall k. [k]) -> blah
+
+Here we want to return (G []), with no instantiation at all.  But since we have
+no lambda in types, we must be careful not to instantiate that `[]`, because we
+can't re-generalise it.  Hence, when kind-checking an explicit list, we need a
+special case for `[]`.
+
 Note [Variable Specificity and Forall Visibility]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 A HsForAllTy contains an HsForAllTelescope to denote the visibility of the forall
@@ -1366,28 +1342,28 @@ Note [VarBndrs, ForAllTyBinders, TyConBinders, and visibility] in "GHC.Core.TyCo
 
 ------------------------------------------
 tc_mult :: TcTyMode -> HsArrow GhcRn -> TcM Mult
-tc_mult mode ty = tc_lhs_type mode (arrowToHsType ty) multiplicityTy
+tc_mult mode ty = tc_check_lhs_type mode (arrowToHsType ty) multiplicityTy
 ------------------------------------------
-tc_fun_type :: TcTyMode -> HsArrow GhcRn -> LHsType GhcRn -> LHsType GhcRn -> TcKind
+tc_fun_type :: TcTyMode -> HsArrow GhcRn -> LHsType GhcRn -> LHsType GhcRn -> ExpKind
             -> TcM TcType
 tc_fun_type mode mult ty1 ty2 exp_kind = case mode_tyki mode of
   TypeLevel ->
     do { traceTc "tc_fun_type" (ppr ty1 $$ ppr ty2)
        ; arg_k <- newOpenTypeKind
        ; res_k <- newOpenTypeKind
-       ; ty1'  <- tc_lhs_type mode ty1 arg_k
-       ; ty2'  <- tc_lhs_type mode ty2 res_k
+       ; ty1'  <- tc_check_lhs_type mode ty1 arg_k
+       ; ty2'  <- tc_check_lhs_type mode ty2 res_k
        ; mult' <- tc_mult mode mult
-       ; checkExpectedKind (HsFunTy noExtField mult ty1 ty2)
-                           (tcMkVisFunTy mult' ty1' ty2')
-                           liftedTypeKind exp_kind }
+       ; checkExpKind (HsFunTy noExtField mult ty1 ty2)
+                      (tcMkVisFunTy mult' ty1' ty2')
+                      liftedTypeKind exp_kind }
   KindLevel ->  -- no representation polymorphism in kinds. yet.
-    do { ty1'  <- tc_lhs_type mode ty1 liftedTypeKind
-       ; ty2'  <- tc_lhs_type mode ty2 liftedTypeKind
+    do { ty1'  <- tc_check_lhs_type mode ty1 liftedTypeKind
+       ; ty2'  <- tc_check_lhs_type mode ty2 liftedTypeKind
        ; mult' <- tc_mult mode mult
-       ; checkExpectedKind (HsFunTy noExtField mult ty1 ty2)
-                           (tcMkVisFunTy mult' ty1' ty2')
-                           liftedTypeKind exp_kind }
+       ; checkExpKind (HsFunTy noExtField mult ty1 ty2)
+                      (tcMkVisFunTy mult' ty1' ty2')
+                      liftedTypeKind exp_kind }
 
 {- Note [Skolem escape and forall-types]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -1442,7 +1418,7 @@ tc_tuple rn_ty mode tup_sort tys exp_kind
            BoxedTuple      -> return (replicate arity liftedTypeKind)
            UnboxedTuple    -> replicateM arity newOpenTypeKind
            ConstraintTuple -> return (replicate arity constraintKind)
-       ; tau_tys <- zipWithM (tc_lhs_type mode) tys arg_kinds
+       ; tau_tys <- zipWithM (tc_check_lhs_type mode) tys arg_kinds
        ; finish_tuple rn_ty tup_sort tau_tys arg_kinds exp_kind }
   where
     arity   = length tys
@@ -1530,9 +1506,9 @@ since the two constraints should be semantically equivalent.
 *                                                                      *
 ********************************************************************* -}
 
-splitHsAppTys :: HsType GhcRn -> Maybe (LHsType GhcRn, [LHsTypeArg GhcRn])
-splitHsAppTys hs_ty
-  | is_app hs_ty = Just (go (noLocA hs_ty) [])
+splitHsAppTys_maybe :: HsType GhcRn -> Maybe (LHsType GhcRn, [LHsTypeArg GhcRn])
+splitHsAppTys_maybe hs_ty
+  | is_app hs_ty = Just (splitHsAppTys hs_ty)
   | otherwise    = Nothing
   where
     is_app :: HsType GhcRn -> Bool
@@ -1547,6 +1523,10 @@ splitHsAppTys hs_ty
     is_app (HsParTy _ (L _ ty))    = is_app ty
     is_app _                       = False
 
+splitHsAppTys :: HsType GhcRn -> (LHsType GhcRn, [LHsTypeArg GhcRn])
+
+splitHsAppTys hs_ty = go (noLocA hs_ty) []
+  where
     go :: LHsType GhcRn
        -> [HsArg GhcRn (LHsType GhcRn) (LHsKind GhcRn)]
        -> (LHsType GhcRn,
@@ -1570,6 +1550,14 @@ tcInferTyAppHead _ (L _ (HsTyVar _ _ (L _ tv)))
 tcInferTyAppHead mode ty
   = tc_infer_lhs_type mode ty
 
+tc_app_ty :: TcTyMode -> HsType GhcRn -> ExpKind -> TcM TcType
+tc_app_ty mode rn_ty exp_kind
+  = do { (fun_ty, _ki) <- tcInferTyAppHead mode hs_fun_ty
+       ; (ty, infered_kind) <- tcInferTyApps mode hs_fun_ty fun_ty hs_args
+       ; checkExpKind rn_ty ty infered_kind exp_kind }
+  where
+    (hs_fun_ty, hs_args) = splitHsAppTys rn_ty
+
 ---------------------------
 -- | Apply a type of a given kind to a list of arguments. This instantiates
 -- invisible parameters as necessary. Always consumes all the arguments,
@@ -1656,7 +1644,7 @@ tcInferTyApps_nosat mode orig_hs_ty fun orig_hs_args
              ; arg_mode <- mkHoleMode KindLevel HM_VTA
                    -- HM_VKA: see Note [Wildcards in visible kind application]
              ; ki_arg <- addErrCtxt (funAppCtxt orig_hs_ty hs_ki_arg n) $
-                         tc_lhs_type arg_mode hs_ki_arg exp_kind
+                         tc_check_lhs_type arg_mode hs_ki_arg exp_kind
 
              ; traceTc "tcInferTyApps (vis kind app)" (ppr exp_kind)
              ; (subst', fun') <- mkAppTyM subst fun ki_binder ki_arg
@@ -1687,7 +1675,7 @@ tcInferTyApps_nosat mode orig_hs_ty fun orig_hs_args
                                 , ppr subst ])
                 ; let exp_kind = substTy subst $ piTyBinderType ki_binder
                 ; arg' <- addErrCtxt (funAppCtxt orig_hs_ty arg n) $
-                          tc_lhs_type mode arg exp_kind
+                          tc_check_lhs_type mode arg exp_kind
                 ; traceTc "tcInferTyApps (vis normal app) 2" (ppr exp_kind)
                 ; (subst', fun') <- mkAppTyM subst fun ki_binder arg'
                 ; go (n+1) fun' subst' inner_ki args }
@@ -1975,6 +1963,19 @@ checkExpectedKind hs_ty ty act_kind exp_kind
       n_act_invis_bndrs = invisibleTyBndrCount act_kind
       n_to_inst         = n_act_invis_bndrs - n_exp_invis_bndrs
 
+
+-- tyr <- checkExpKind hs_ty ty (act_ki :: Kind) (exp_ki :: ExpKind)
+--     requires that `ty` has kind `act_ki`
+-- It checks that the actual kind `act_ki` matches the expected kind `exp_ki`
+-- and returns `tyr`, a possibly-casted form of `ty`, that has precisely kind `exp_ki`
+-- `hs_ty` is purely for error messages
+checkExpKind :: HsType GhcRn -> TcType -> TcKind -> ExpKind -> TcM TcType
+checkExpKind rn_ty ty ki (Check ki') =
+  checkExpectedKind rn_ty ty ki ki'
+checkExpKind _rn_ty ty ki (Infer cell) = do
+  co <- fillInferResult ki cell
+  pure (ty `mkCastTy` co)
+
 ---------------------------
 
 tcHsContext :: Maybe (LHsContext GhcRn) -> TcM [PredType]
@@ -1988,7 +1989,7 @@ tc_hs_context :: TcTyMode -> LHsContext GhcRn -> TcM [PredType]
 tc_hs_context mode ctxt = mapM (tc_lhs_pred mode) (unLoc ctxt)
 
 tc_lhs_pred :: TcTyMode -> LHsType GhcRn -> TcM PredType
-tc_lhs_pred mode pred = tc_lhs_type mode pred constraintKind
+tc_lhs_pred mode pred = tc_check_lhs_type mode pred constraintKind
 
 ---------------------------
 tcTyVar :: Name -> TcM (TcType, TcKind)
@@ -4109,7 +4110,7 @@ tcHsPartialSigType ctxt sig_ty
                   ; tau <- -- Don't do (addTypeCtxt hs_tau) here else we get
                            --   In the type <blah>
                            --   In the type signature: foo :: <blah>
-                           tc_lhs_type mode hs_tau ek
+                           tc_check_lhs_type mode hs_tau ek
 
                   ; return (wcs, wcx, theta, tau) }
 
@@ -4419,8 +4420,8 @@ tc_type_in_pat ctxt hole_mode hs_ty wcs ns ctxt_kind
                  -- and c.f #16033
                bindNamedWildCardBinders wcs $ \ wcs ->
                tcExtendNameTyVarEnv tkv_prs $
-               do { ek     <- newExpectedKind ctxt_kind
-                  ; ty <- tc_lhs_type mode hs_ty ek
+               do { ek <- newExpectedKind ctxt_kind
+                  ; ty <- tc_check_lhs_type mode hs_ty ek
                   ; return (wcs, ty) }
 
         ; mapM_ emitNamedTypeHole wcs
@@ -4596,7 +4597,7 @@ tc_lhs_kind_sig mode ctxt hs_kind
 -- Result is zonked
   = do { kind <- addErrCtxt (text "In the kind" <+> quotes (ppr hs_kind)) $
                  solveEqualities "tcLHsKindSig" $
-                 tc_lhs_type mode hs_kind liftedTypeKind
+                 tc_check_lhs_type mode hs_kind liftedTypeKind
        ; traceTc "tcLHsKindSig" (ppr hs_kind $$ ppr kind)
        -- No generalization:
        ; kindGeneralizeNone kind


=====================================
compiler/GHC/Tc/TyCl.hs
=====================================
@@ -1772,7 +1772,7 @@ kcTyClDecl (DataDecl { tcdLName    = (L _ _name), tcdDataDefn = HsDataDefn { dd_
 kcTyClDecl (SynDecl { tcdLName = L _ _name, tcdRhs = rhs }) tycon
   = tcExtendNameTyVarEnv (tcTyConScopedTyVars tycon) $
     let res_kind = tyConResKind tycon
-    in discardResult $ tcCheckLHsType rhs (TheKind res_kind)
+    in discardResult $ tcCheckLHsTypeInContext rhs (TheKind res_kind)
         -- NB: check against the result kind that we allocated
         -- in inferInitialKinds.
 
@@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@ kcTyClDecl (FamDecl _ (FamilyDecl { fdInfo   = fd_info })) fam_tc
 kcConArgTys :: NewOrData -> TcKind -> [HsScaled GhcRn (LHsType GhcRn)] -> TcM ()
 kcConArgTys new_or_data res_kind arg_tys = do
   { let exp_kind = getArgExpKind new_or_data res_kind
-  ; forM_ arg_tys (\(HsScaled mult ty) -> do _ <- tcCheckLHsType (getBangType ty) exp_kind
+  ; forM_ arg_tys (\(HsScaled mult ty) -> do _ <- tcCheckLHsTypeInContext (getBangType ty) exp_kind
                                              tcMult mult)
     -- See Note [Implementation of UnliftedNewtypes], STEP 2
   }
@@ -1868,7 +1868,7 @@ kcConDecl new_or_data
     do { _ <- tcHsContext cxt
        ; traceTc "kcConDecl:GADT {" (ppr names $$ ppr res_ty)
        ; con_res_kind <- newOpenTypeKind
-       ; _ <- tcCheckLHsType res_ty (TheKind con_res_kind)
+       ; _ <- tcCheckLHsTypeInContext res_ty (TheKind con_res_kind)
        ; kcConGADTArgs new_or_data con_res_kind args
        ; traceTc "kcConDecl:GADT }" (ppr names $$ ppr con_res_kind)
        ; return () }
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@ Otherwise we'd infer the bogus kind
 The type signature for MkT influences the kind of T simply by
 kind-checking the result type (T g b), which will force 'f' and 'g' to
 have the same kinds. This is the call to
-    tcCheckLHsType res_ty (TheKind con_res_kind)
+    tcCheckLHsTypeInContext res_ty (TheKind con_res_kind)
 Because this is the result type of an arrow, we know the kind must be
 of form (TYPE rr), and we get better error messages if we enforce that
 here (e.g. test gadt10).
@@ -3054,7 +3054,7 @@ tcTySynRhs roles_info tc_name hs_ty
     do { env <- getLclEnv
        ; traceTc "tc-syn" (ppr tc_name $$ ppr (getLclEnvRdrEnv env))
        ; rhs_ty <- pushLevelAndSolveEqualities skol_info tc_bndrs $
-                   tcCheckLHsType hs_ty (TheKind res_kind)
+                   tcCheckLHsTypeInContext hs_ty (TheKind res_kind)
 
          -- See Note [Error on unconstrained meta-variables] in GHC.Tc.Utils.TcMType
          -- Example: (typecheck/should_fail/T17567)
@@ -3197,7 +3197,7 @@ kcTyFamInstEqn tc_fam_tc
        ; discardResult $
          bindOuterFamEqnTKBndrs_Q_Tv outer_bndrs $
          do { (_fam_app, res_kind) <- tcFamTyPats tc_fam_tc hs_pats
-            ; tcCheckLHsType hs_rhs_ty (TheKind res_kind) }
+            ; tcCheckLHsTypeInContext hs_rhs_ty (TheKind res_kind) }
              -- Why "_Tv" here?  Consider (#14066)
              --  type family Bar x y where
              --      Bar (x :: a) (y :: b) = Int
@@ -3349,7 +3349,7 @@ tcTyFamInstEqnGuts fam_tc mb_clsinfo outer_hs_bndrs hs_pats hs_rhs_ty
                        -- Ensure that the instance is consistent with its
                        -- parent class (#16008)
                      ; addConsistencyConstraints mb_clsinfo lhs_ty
-                     ; rhs_ty <- tcCheckLHsType hs_rhs_ty (TheKind rhs_kind)
+                     ; rhs_ty <- tcCheckLHsTypeInContext hs_rhs_ty (TheKind rhs_kind)
                      ; return (lhs_ty, rhs_ty) }
 
        ; outer_bndrs <- scopedSortOuter outer_bndrs
@@ -3926,7 +3926,7 @@ tcConArg :: ContextKind  -- expected kind for args; always OpenKind for datatype
          -> HsScaled GhcRn (LHsType GhcRn) -> TcM (Scaled TcType, HsSrcBang)
 tcConArg exp_kind (HsScaled w bty)
   = do  { traceTc "tcConArg 1" (ppr bty)
-        ; arg_ty <- tcCheckLHsType (getBangType bty) exp_kind
+        ; arg_ty <- tcCheckLHsTypeInContext (getBangType bty) exp_kind
         ; w' <- tcDataConMult w
         ; traceTc "tcConArg 2" (ppr bty)
         ; return (Scaled w' arg_ty, getBangStrictness bty) }


=====================================
compiler/GHC/Tc/Utils/TcType.hs
=====================================
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ module GHC.Tc.Utils.TcType (
   TcKind, TcCoVar, TcTyCoVar, TcTyVarBinder, TcInvisTVBinder, TcReqTVBinder,
   TcTyCon, MonoTcTyCon, PolyTcTyCon, TcTyConBinder, KnotTied,
 
-  ExpType(..), InferResult(..),
+  ExpType(..), ExpKind, InferResult(..),
   ExpTypeFRR, ExpSigmaType, ExpSigmaTypeFRR,
   ExpRhoType,
   mkCheckExpType,
@@ -433,6 +433,9 @@ type ExpSigmaTypeFRR = ExpTypeFRR
 
 type ExpRhoType      = ExpType
 
+-- | Like 'ExpType', but on kind level
+type ExpKind         = ExpType
+
 instance Outputable ExpType where
   ppr (Check ty) = text "Check" <> braces (ppr ty)
   ppr (Infer ir) = ppr ir


=====================================
compiler/GHC/Tc/Utils/Unify.hs
=====================================
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ module GHC.Tc.Utils.Unify (
   PuResult(..), failCheckWith, okCheckRefl, mapCheck,
   TyEqFlags(..), TyEqFamApp(..), AreUnifying(..), LevelCheck(..), FamAppBreaker,
   famAppArgFlags, simpleUnifyCheck, checkPromoteFreeVars,
+
+  fillInferResult,
   ) where
 
 import GHC.Prelude


=====================================
compiler/Language/Haskell/Syntax/Type.hs
=====================================
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ would mean that when we pretty-print it back, we don't know whether the user
 wrote '*' or 'Type', and lose the parse/ppr roundtrip property.
 
 As a workaround, we parse '*' as HsStarTy (if it stands for 'Data.Kind.Type')
-and then desugar it to 'Data.Kind.Type' in the typechecker (see tc_hs_type).
+and then desugar it to 'Data.Kind.Type' in the typechecker (see tcHsType).
 When '*' is a regular type operator (StarIsType is disabled), HsStarTy is not
 involved.
 


=====================================
testsuite/tests/partial-sigs/should_run/GHCiWildcardKind.stdout
=====================================
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-_ :: k
+_ :: p
 Maybe _ :: *


=====================================
testsuite/tests/th/T24299.hs
=====================================
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+
+module T24299 where
+import Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax (addModFinalizer, runIO)
+import GHC.Types (Type)
+import System.IO
+
+type Proxy :: forall a. a -> Type
+data Proxy a = MkProxy
+
+check :: ($(addModFinalizer (runIO (do putStrLn "check"; hFlush stdout)) >>
+  [t| Proxy |]) :: Type -> Type) Int -- There is kind signature, we are in check mode
+check = MkProxy
+
+infer :: ($(addModFinalizer (runIO (do putStrLn "infer"; hFlush stdout)) >>
+  [t| Proxy |]) ) Int -- no kind signature, inference mode is enabled
+infer = MkProxy


=====================================
testsuite/tests/th/T24299.stderr
=====================================
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+check
+infer


=====================================
testsuite/tests/th/all.T
=====================================
@@ -606,3 +606,4 @@ test('T14032e', normal, compile_fail, ['-dsuppress-uniques'])
 test('ListTuplePunsTH', [only_ways(['ghci']), extra_files(['ListTuplePunsTH.hs', 'T15843a.hs'])], ghci_script, ['ListTuplePunsTH.script'])
 test('T24559', normal, compile, [''])
 test('T24571', normal, compile, [''])
+test('T24299', normal, compile, [''])



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