[GHC] #8034: Missing ambiguity test for class methods

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#8034: Missing ambiguity test for class methods
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        Reporter:  simonpj           |                   Owner:
            Type:  bug               |                  Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |               Milestone:  7.12.1
       Component:  Compiler (Type    |                 Version:  7.7
  checker)                           |                Keywords:
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Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |  Unknown/Multiple
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Comment (by thomie):

 This is fixed in HEAD already, isn't it? The example from the description
 gives an ambiguity error at least. See the following commit for details:

 In f66e0e695b0377c469fbe877d4850fc0ebca2010:
 {{{
 Author: Simon Peyton Jones <>
 Date:   Wed Mar 4 11:59:47 2015 +0000

     A raft of small changes associated with -XConstrainedClassMethods

     See Trac #7854.  Specifically:

     * Major clean up and simplification of check_op in checkValidClass;
       specifically
          - use checkValidType on the entire method-selector type to detect
            ambiguity
          - put a specific test for -XConstrainedClassMethods

     * Make -XConstrainedClassMethods be implied by -XMultiParamTypeClasses
       (a bit ad-hoc but see #7854), and document in the user manual.

     * Do the checkAmbiguity test just once in TcValidity.checkValidType,
       rather than repeatedly at every level. See Note [When to call
 checkAmbiguity]

     * Add -XAllowAmbiguousTypes in GHC.IP, since 'ip' really is ambiguous.
       (It's a rather magic function.)

     * Improve location info for check_op in checkValidClass

     * Update quite a few tests, which had genuinely-ambiguous class
       method signatures.  Some I fixed by making them unambiguous; some
       by adding -XAllowAmbiguousTypes
 }}}

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