[GHC] #9858: Typeable instances should be kind-aware
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Wed Apr 1 16:48:44 UTC 2015
#9858: Typeable instances should be kind-aware
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Reporter: dreixel | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.12.1
Component: Compiler | Version: 7.9
Resolution: | Keywords:
Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture:
Type of failure: None/Unknown | Unknown/Multiple
Blocked By: | Test Case:
Related Tickets: | Blocking:
| Differential Revisions: Phab:D652
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Comment (by goldfire):
You've hit smack into a blind spot of a dark corner of GHC's type system:
`*` and `Constraint` are actually considered interchangeable in Core. So
this failure isn't terribly surprising. But it's indeed a bug. I don't
think it should be too hard to fix.
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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9858#comment:74>
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