[GHC] #16050: Instance resolution error message unclear, because of missing kind information
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#16050: Instance resolution error message unclear, because of missing kind
information
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Reporter: chessai | Owner: (none)
Type: feature request | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Compiler | Version: 8.6.3
Resolution: | Keywords:
Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture:
| Unknown/Multiple
Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s):
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Comment (by chessai):
Now that I think of this, this confused me a lot more the first time I
came across such an error. The error message just says nothing about the
kinds, so saying that an instance doesn't exist is pretty confusing.
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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/16050#comment:1>
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