[GHC] #13181: Introduce GHC.TypeNats module with natVal
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#13181: Introduce GHC.TypeNats module with natVal
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Reporter: phadej | Owner: phadej
Type: feature request | Status: patch
Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.2.1
Component: Compiler | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture:
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Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Phab:D3024
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Comment (by mpickering):
This implementation is lacking motivation anywhere so I will add it in
case anyone was wondering.
One possible design choice would have been to keep the internal
representation as an `Integer` and at the interface boundary do the error-
checking when converting to a `Natural` once. Oleg preferred this
implementation as it will cause the compiler to fail sooner if we
accidentally do something like cause an interflow by subtracting or
anything like that. The interface boundary is shifted to converting
into `EvTerm`.
There is a related ticket #13186 which talks about actually representing
the evidence as `Natural` as well.
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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13181#comment:3>
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