[GHC] #15546: Display coaxiom branch incompatibilities in GHCi

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Tue Aug 21 16:48:04 UTC 2018


#15546: Display coaxiom branch incompatibilities in GHCi
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        Reporter:  mniip             |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.6.1
       Component:  GHCi              |              Version:  8.4.3
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  TypeFamilies,
                                     |  GHCi
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Comment (by simonpj):

 I'm sorry I'm lost.  What does "that type family compatibility checks do
 not reduce the LHS and expect the equality to trivially hold" mean?  What
 is "this restriction"?  What is illustrated by the example?  Is it a bug?
 Thanks

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