[GHC] #7939: RHS of associated type not kind-checked

[GHC]

#7939: RHS of associated type not kind-checked
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  Reporter:  goldfire                     |          Owner:  goldfire        
      Type:  bug                          |         Status:  closed          
  Priority:  normal                       |      Milestone:                  
 Component:  Compiler                     |        Version:  7.7             
Resolution:  fixed                        |       Keywords:                  
        Os:  Unknown/Multiple             |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  GHC accepts invalid program  |     Difficulty:  Unknown         
  Testcase:  ghci/scripts/T7939           |      Blockedby:                  
  Blocking:                               |        Related:                  
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Changes (by goldfire):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => fixed


Comment:

 Most of the above commit are comments in TcHsType detailing the rather-
 subtle kind inference story.

 One aspect of the code did get simpler though: associated type families
 are now kind-checked identically to top-level families.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7939#comment:17>
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