[GHC] #8026: DatatypeContexts should be fixed, not deprecated
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Tue Sep 23 23:29:28 UTC 2014
#8026: DatatypeContexts should be fixed, not deprecated
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Reporter: gidyn | Owner:
Type: feature | Status: new
request | Milestone:
Priority: normal | Version: 7.6.3
Component: Compiler | Keywords:
Resolution: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Operating System: | Difficulty: Unknown
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Comment (by yokto):
I just found an other interesting realworld example that could profit from
this extension. Consider the vector package. All type signature look
something like this.
{{{read :: PrimMonad m => MVector (PrimState m) a -> Int -> m a}}}
Horrible to read, right. With this issue fixed you could put the context
on MVector
{{{data (PrimMonad m, PrimState m ~ s) => MVector s a = MVector !Int !Int
!(MutableArray s a)}}}
and the type signatures could look like this
{{{read :: MVector s a -> Int -> m a}}}
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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8026#comment:21>
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