[GHC] #13365: Kind-inference for poly-kinded GADTs

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#13365: Kind-inference for poly-kinded GADTs
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        Reporter:  crockeea          |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.0.1
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Changes (by RyanGlScott):

 * cc: goldfire (added)


Comment:

 I think there are actually two problems here:

 1. The fact that this doesn't typecheck. I //think// this is a known
 limitation of type inference having to do with the fact that you didn't
 give a **c**omplete, **u**ser-specified **k**ind **s**ignature (CUSK) for
 `C`. For reference, if you had typed this:

    {{{#!hs
    {-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds, GADTs #-}

    import GHC.TypeLits

    data C
      (x :: k)
      (a :: k2)
      where
        C1 :: (KnownNat x) => a -> C x a
        C2 :: a -> C Int a
    }}}

    Then it works. I'll cc goldfire, out preeminent expert on CUSKs, to be
 sure.
 2. The error message is quite awful. The issue is with `a`, not `x`, so I
 don't know why GHC is complaining about `x`.

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