[GHC] #6024: Allow defining kinds alone, without a datatype

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#6024: Allow defining kinds alone, without a datatype
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    Reporter:  dreixel                  |       Owner:                  
        Type:  feature request          |      Status:  new             
    Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  7.8.1           
   Component:  Compiler (Type checker)  |     Version:  7.5             
    Keywords:                           |          Os:  Unknown/Multiple
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple         |     Failure:  None/Unknown    
  Difficulty:  Unknown                  |    Testcase:                  
   Blockedby:                           |    Blocking:                  
     Related:                           |  
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Comment(by dreixel):

 I don't think the language of sorts will be extended; if anything, types
 and kinds might be collapsed into a single level. That would also destroy
 the possibility of doing what is asked in this ticket, though.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/6024#comment:3>
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