[GHC] #9636: Function with type error accepted
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#9636: Function with type error accepted
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Reporter: augustss | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.3
Resolution: | Keywords:
Operating System: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Unknown/Multiple | Difficulty: Unknown
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Comment (by augustss):
To me it's clear that `T Bool` is not a type. To me `T` is a type
function which computes a type given a type. But it's a partial function,
so only some arguments make sense. New types are created by `data` and
`newtype`, not by `type` or `type family`.
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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9636#comment:5>
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