[GHC] #5833: PolyKinds10 fails an assert

[GHC]

#5833: PolyKinds10 fails an assert
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  Reporter:  igloo             |          Owner:                  
      Type:  bug               |         Status:  closed          
  Priority:  normal            |      Milestone:  7.6.1           
 Component:  Compiler          |        Version:  7.4.1-rc2       
Resolution:  fixed             |       Keywords:  PolyKinds       
        Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  None/Unknown      |     Difficulty:  Unknown         
  Testcase:  PolyKinds10       |      Blockedby:                  
  Blocking:                    |        Related:                  
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Changes (by simonpj):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => fixed


Comment:

 Fixed by
 {{{
 commit 97741318c541288038c8a564294fed7f0143f586
 Author: Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj at microsoft.com>
 Date:   Wed Feb 1 15:51:30 2012 +0000

     When type-checking kinds, be sure to promote list and tuple syntax

     This fixes the ASSERT failure in Trac #5833 and type error in #5798

 >---------------------------------------------------------------

  compiler/prelude/TysWiredIn.lhs |   14 ++++++++++++--
  compiler/typecheck/TcHsType.lhs |   31 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
  compiler/types/Kind.lhs         |    2 +-
  compiler/types/TyCon.lhs        |    6 +++---
  4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 }}}
 Thanks for reporting

 Simon

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