[Haskell-cafe] Sudden monomorphism with -XTypeFamilies

[Rian Hunter]

hello

i'm getting inconsistent monomorphism behavior with the same code only depending on whether or not -XTypeFamilies is enabled:

----
{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}

snda :: a -> b -> b
snda ba = id

main = do
 let ma = (return () :: IO ())
     mBox bb = snda ma bb

 mBox $ return (4 :: Int)
 mBox $ return "G"

 return ()
----

in the preceding example, if -XTypeFamilies is enabled then "mBox" is
monomorphic and the program will terminate early, otherwise,
it's polymorphic and the program will complete successfully.

i think i understand why this is the case but i couldn't find documentation on this inconsistency anywhere. is this expected behavior or is this a bug in GHC? thanks!

rian
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