[GHC] #12557: Regression in type inference with RankNTypes (was: Regression in type inference with ImpredicativeTypes)

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#12557: Regression in type inference with RankNTypes
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        Reporter:  slindley          |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  closed
        Priority:  low               |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler (Type    |              Version:  8.0.1
  checker)                           |             Keywords:
      Resolution:  invalid           |  ImpredicativeTypes
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  GHC rejects       |  Unknown/Multiple
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@@ -4,1 +4,1 @@
- {-# LANGUAGE ImpredicativeTypes #-}
+ {-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes #-}

New description:

 Consider the following code:

 {{{#!hs
 {-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes #-}
 module Test where

 foo :: ((forall a.f a) -> f r) -> f r
 foo g = undefined
 }}}

 In GHC 7.10.3:
 {{{
 *Main> :t \g -> foo g
 \g -> foo g :: ((forall a. f a) -> f r) -> f r
 }}}

 In GHC 8.0.1:
 {{{
 *Main> :t \g -> foo g

 <interactive>:1:11: error:
     • Couldn't match expected type ‘(forall a. f a) -> f r’
                   with actual type ‘t’
       ‘t’ is a rigid type variable bound by
         the inferred type of it :: t -> f r at <interactive>:1:1
     • In the first argument of ‘foo’, namely ‘g’
       In the expression: foo g
       In the expression: \ g -> foo g
     • Relevant bindings include g :: t (bound at <interactive>:1:2)
 }}}

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Comment (by slindley):

 My example doesn't require `-XImpredicativeTypes` only `-XRankNTypes`!

 As I understand it the 'bug' in 7.10 was that it did infer polymorphic
 types for lambda-bound variables even with `-XImpredicativeTypes`
 disabled.

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