[GHC] #14860: QuantifiedConstraints: Can't quantify constraint involving type family

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Tue Feb 27 17:25:48 UTC 2018


#14860: QuantifiedConstraints: Can't quantify constraint involving type family
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        Reporter:  RyanGlScott       |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler (Type    |              Version:  8.5
  checker)                           |             Keywords:
      Resolution:                    |  QuantifiedConstraints wipT2893
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  GHC rejects       |  Unknown/Multiple
  valid program                      |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
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Comment (by simonpj):

 > there shouldn't be anything problematic about allowing them in
 quantified constraints!

 But I think there absolutely IS something problematic!  At least I have no
 idea how to specify or implement a system that allows them.  Maybe I'm
 just being dense.

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