[GHC] #13777: Poor error message around CUSKs
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#13777: Poor error message around CUSKs
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Reporter: goldfire | Owner: (none)
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Compiler | Version: 8.2.1-rc2
Keywords: TypeInType, | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple
CUSKs |
Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown
Unknown/Multiple |
Test Case: | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Related Tickets:
Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page:
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While typing up comment:7:ticket:13761, I came across a poor error message
around CUSKs.
{{{
data Proxy (a :: k) = P
data S :: forall k. Proxy k -> Type where
MkS :: S (P :: Proxy Maybe)
}}}
produces
{{{
You have written a *complete user-suppled kind signature*,
but the following variable is undetermined: k0 :: *
Perhaps add a kind signature.
Inferred kinds of user-written variables:
}}}
That promised list of the kinds of user-written variables is empty. Either
GHC should find something to print (like `k :: k0`, perhaps) or omit the
header.
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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13777>
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