[GHC] #5910: Holes with other constraints

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Sun Apr 22 15:36:29 CEST 2012


#5910: Holes with other constraints
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    Reporter:  xnyhps                   |       Owner:                                   
        Type:  feature request          |      Status:  new                              
    Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:                                   
   Component:  Compiler (Type checker)  |     Version:  7.5                              
    Keywords:  holes                    |          Os:  Unknown/Multiple                 
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple         |     Failure:  Incorrect warning at compile-time
  Difficulty:  Unknown                  |    Testcase:                                   
   Blockedby:                           |    Blocking:                                   
     Related:                           |  
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Comment(by dreixel):

 You might have to treat ambiguity errors in a special way. They can still
 be deferred with `-fdefer-type-errors`, and the error message adequately
 says there are two possible instances:
 {{{
     No instance for (Show (Foo a0)) arising from a use of `show'
     The type variable `a0' is ambiguous
     Possible fix: add a type signature that fixes these type variable(s)
     Note: there are several potential instances:
       instance Show (Foo Bar1) -- Defined at Holes.hs:7:11
       instance Show (Foo Bar2) -- Defined at Holes.hs:8:11
     Possible fix: add an instance declaration for (Show (Foo a0))
     In the expression: show (Foo undefined)
     In an equation for `test': test = show (Foo undefined)
 }}}
 So maybe you could use this in the feedback for holes with an ambiguous
 type.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5910#comment:10>
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